Bam·bi·no n.; It. pl. -ni .
1. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.
2. Sports George Herman Ruth ("Babe" Ruth), the baseball player; -- usu. in the form “the bambino”.
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Cin·cin·nus n.; pl. -ni [Also cicinus, cicinnus.] Bot. A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also scorpioid cyme. -- Cin*cin*nal a.
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Ni
n : a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is
resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in
pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
[syn: nickel, atomic number 28]