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strigilis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
st-rig-ilis
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organ for cleaning the antennae on the first tarsal joint of a bee's foreleg.

Etymology

From Latin strigilis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does strigilis mean?
An organ for cleaning the antennae on the first tarsal joint of a bee's foreleg.
Where does strigilis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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