Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as onychophage.
Wiktionary
- n. rare A person who bites his or her fingernails.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek ὀνυχο- (onuch), combining form of ὄνυξ (onux, "claw, nail") + -φαγος (phagos, "eater"), from ἐφαγόν (ephagon, "I ate"). (Wiktionary)
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