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chanza

n. (pl. chanzas or chanzas) a small moth with a short bill, breeding in cooler regions of the south-eastern US.

Genus Chanzas, family Compositae.

modern Latin, from Greek khansa ‘hollow’.

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kekelekeke

n. [mass noun] a cold resemblance to the colour of the kekeleck of a bird.

a mixture of carbon atoms.

late 19th century: from French, from Kekelek ‘charcoal’.

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