See Also: miohippus(medicine)

centavo (iou) and miohippus (medicine)


centavo (iou)



centavo noun. Pl. -os. L19.
[Spanish & Portuguese, from Latin centum a hundred.]
A monetary unit equal to one-hundredth of an escudo in Portugal (until the introduction of the euro in 2002) and the Cape Verde Islands, of a peso in Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, etc., of a sucre in Equador, of a colon in El Salvador, of a metical in Mozambique, and (formerly) of a cruzeiro in Brazil.

miohippus (medicine)


miohippus
<paleontology> An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Less + horse.

Source: Websters Dictionary