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Ancon
UK
/ˈæŋ.kən/
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/ˈæŋ.kən/
Translation of "ancon" into Russian
Definitions
ancon
Noun
UK
/ˈæŋ.kən/
US
/ˈæŋ.kən/
Architecture: a bracket or console, often S-shaped, projecting from a wall to support a cornice, entablature, or similar structural member.
The marble ancons flanking the doorway upheld the richly sculpted cornice.
Anatomy (rare): the elbow, or a comparable joint in the forelimb of a vertebrate.
After the fall, the runner felt sharp pain in the ancon and could not bend his arm.
Zoology: the angle formed by the union of the two sides of a lamellibranch gill.
Water is channelled through the gills at the ancon to maximize oxygen exchange.