Cā'mōūs or Ca-moys', a.

a. [Fr. camus (equivalent to camard), flat-nosed, Pr. camus, gamus, silly, foolish, camusat, flat-nosed, It. camuso, camoscio, flat-nosed, from Celtic cam, crooked, bent, and the Celtic suffix us; allied to Lat. camus, camurus, crooked, and perhaps also to Lat. simus, Gr. σιμός, flat-nosed. Cf. Ir. & Gael. cam-as, bay, creek, i. e., a bent, crooked place.] Flat; depressed;—said only of the nose. [Obs.] Browne.