Etymology

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Today it means: The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στέγος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστέγος“roof”
  2. English todayomostegite

From omo- (“shoulder”); Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”); -ite.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekστέγος all →

stegodonstegokrotaphic

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