Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scalpellum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scalpel-lum
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects.

Etymology

From Latin scalpellum. Doublet of scalpel.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: scalpellum

Inflected Forms

scalpella (plural)

Questions

What does scalpellum mean?: One of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects.
Where does scalpellum come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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