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scolopaceous

scolopaceous adjective: resembling a snipe.

Adjective

scolopaceous (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a snipe.

Origin of scolopaceous

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

Questions about scolopaceous

What does scolopaceous mean?
Scolopaceous means resembling a snipe.
What part of speech is scolopaceous?
Scolopaceous is an adjective.

Words near scolopaceous in the dictionary

  1. Scollons
  2. scollop
  3. scolloped
  4. scolloping
  5. scollops
  6. scolopaceous
  7. scolopacid
  8. scolopacids
  9. scolopacine
  10. scolopale
  11. scolopendra

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