Etymology

pinaculum

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Today it means: A chitin plate on the skin of a caterpillar. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πίναξ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπίναξ
  2. English todaypinaculum

From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax) + Latin -ulum.

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