Etymology

strigilis

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Today it means: An organ for cleaning the antennae on the first tarsal joint of a bee's foreleg. Full definition →

Latin strigilis
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromstrigilis
  2. English todaystrigilis

From Latin strigilis.

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