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The Latin word for trunk is
truncus





trunk



Translations for trunk and their definitions

truncus
     1. adj. lopped, docked
     2. adj. maimed, mangled, mutilated
     3. n. A tree trunk.
     4. n. (New Latin, biology) The thorax of an insect.
     5. n. (New Latin, medicine) The trunk (torso) of the human body or other animal body.
     6. n. (New Latin, medicine) An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus.
     7. n. A piece cut off.


caudex
     1. n. A tree trunk, stump.
     2. n. A bollard; post.
     3. n. A book, writing; notebook, account book.
     4. n. (pejorative) A blockhead, idiot.


vidulus
     1. n. A suitcase


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