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  1. noun A mouth or an opening.
  2. noun A bone.
  3. noun See esker.

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  • I knew them—the Why-os, the worst cutthroats in the city, charged with a dozen murders, and robberies without end. —  The Making of an American
  • Which way i can totally remove my second os (vista) and use only one os in my computer? firstly format the drive on which the os is placed then u can go en Español —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Community groups in the east are teaming up to tackle HIV and AIDS rates in Latinos. —  News for WNCT
  • * U.S.: HIV infections among Latinos is growing at an alarming rate according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control; Latinas are four times as likely to be infected as white women while "male-to-male sexual contact" made up 72\% of new infections in Latinos. —  The Latin Americanist
  • I know the mac is highly priced, but the os is amazing. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
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  1. Latin ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Latin, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots.
  3. Swedish ås, ridge, from Old Norse āss.

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  1. Latin os (oss-), sometimes ossum, ossu, plural from ossa, also ossua, a bone; cf. Greek ὀστέον, a bone.
  2. Latin os (or-), mouth: see oral.
  3. Swedish ås, plural åsar.
 

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