lore
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lore1
▶noun a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject: farming lore.
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lore2
▶noun Zoology the surface on each side of a bird's head between the eye and the upper base of the beak, or between the eye and nostril in snakes.
– origin C19: from L. lorum ‘strap’.
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