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pyxis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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pyxis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | box |
Examples of pyxis
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Pyxis helps Penny and Mark get away from the two thieves by deceiving them with their request.
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The pyxis of al-Mughira is a masterwork of the genre.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ancient Greek ivory pyxis with griffins attacking stags.
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Pyxis serves more than 1,200 participants each year.
From the kansas.com
Pyxis Genomics of Chicago supports their research.
From the sciencedaily.com
Pyxis Mobile is best known for it mobile application platform that was used primarily to design and build apps for the financial services industry.
From the forbes.com
- Pyxidium: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
- A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia
- A small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines
- Pyxis (box) is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for a mariner's compass (it should not be confused with Circinus, which represents a draftsman's compasses). Pyxis is completely visible in latitudes south of 53 degrees north from January through March.
- A pyxis (u03C0u03C5u03BEu03AFu03C2, plural pyxides) is a shape of vessel from the classical world, usually a cylindrical box with a separate lid. Originally mostly used by women to hold cosmetics, trinkets or jewellery, surviving pyxides are mostly Greek pottery, but especially in later periods may be in wood, metal, ivory, or other materials...
- A small box; : A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit; a pyxidium; A nautical compass
- (4) -- a lidded cosmetic or jewelry box; occasionally a knitting basket (Pedley, 355)
- A capsule which dehisces circumscissilely (with the top coming off as one part like a lid). Seen in the genus Portulaca.
- Container for toilet articles, with lid, named after the boxwood of which such containers were originally made
