glaucus

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Glaucus, from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαῦκος (glaûkos, “blue-grey fish”), from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).

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