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speculums

speculums is the plural of speculum.

Meaning of speculum

Noun

speculum (plural specula or speculums)

  1. A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
  2. A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
  3. A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
    Synonyms:
    mirror, beauty spot
  4. A lookout place.

Questions about speculums

What is speculums the plural of?
Speculums is the plural of speculum.

Words near speculums in the dictionary

  1. speculoos
  2. speculum
  3. speculum literature
  4. speculum metal
  5. speculum-literature
  6. speculums
  7. specutively
  8. sped
  9. sped up
  10. speddest
  11. spede

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