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chaus
noun
\ˈkau̇s, ˈch-\
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Origin and Etymology of chaus
borrowed from New Latin, going back to Latin, assumed nominative of an accusative form chaum, medieval and early modern reading of a word in manuscripts of Pliny’s Historia naturalis (now usually read as chama, nominative, denoting a lynx-like animal, of unknown origin)
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