virgula

Etymology
From, from +. As a dowsing rod, via or. .

Noun

 * 1)  A small, thin, straight growth, particularly:
 * 2)  The spines of a ray.
 * 3)  The sicula of a graptolite.
 * 4)  A divining or dowsing rod.
 * 5)  Any small rod.
 * : a punctuation mark.
 * : the tail of a note.
 * : one of the neumes of medieval musical notation.
 * : the tail of a note.
 * : one of the neumes of medieval musical notation.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:stick

Etymology
From. As a typographic mark, from its resemblance and size.

Noun

 * 1) a small rod, stick, wand, or staff
 * 2)  the slash mark ⟨/⟩, particularly  in its medieval use as a scratch comma.
 * 3) tender shoot, tendril

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