Etymology

scolopaceous

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Today it means: Resembling a snipe. Full definition →

Latin scolopax
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromscolopax“a snipe”
  2. English todayscolopaceous

From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”) + -aceous.

Words from the same roots

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scolopacine

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