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Definition of "senex" []

  • A South American genus of polyborine hawks, the type of which is S. leucurus. (noun)
  • A South American genus of Cypselidæ, the type of which is Cypselus senex or Senex temmincki, a Brazilian swift. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "senex" in a sentence
  • "He is represented as 'senex' (ch. 27), _i. e._ at least sixty, but may have been over seventy."
  • "Quem senex iustus Simeon in ulnis in domo sumpsit Domini, gavisus ob quod optatum proprio videret lumine Christum."
  • "Mars and Saturn are like senex and puer – the old and the young coming together."
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