Etymology

scalpellum

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Today it means: One of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects. Full definition →

Latin scalpellum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromscalpellum
  2. English todayscalpellum

From Latin scalpellum. Doublet of scalpel.

Words from the same roots

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scalpel

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