arsino

[ ahr-see-noh ]

/ ɑrˈsi noʊ /

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containing the arsino group.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

arsine + -o-, construed as adj.

It was very difficult to foresee whether it would be best for him that Cleopatra or that Arsino should succeed.
History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt|Jacob Abbott
He took the unhappy Arsino with him, intending to exhibit her as a trophy of his Egyptian victories on his arrival at Rome.
History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt|Jacob Abbott
The first use which Cleopatra made of her power was to ask Antony, for her sake, to order her sister Arsino to be slain.
History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt|Jacob Abbott
Feeling that Seleucus was becoming dangerously great, he now allied himself with Ptolemy, marrying his daughter Arsino.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2|Various

On his return Arsino asked the gift of Heraclea, and he granted her request, though he had promised to free the city.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2|Various