stiletto heel
noun
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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Words nearby stiletto heel
stilbene, stilbestrol, stilbite, stile, stiletto, stiletto heel, stilicho, still, still alarm, still and all, still frame
Origin of stiletto heel
First recorded in 1950–55
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