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spoon excavator

spoon excavator noun: a curette with hooklike ends used to remove soft carious decay in dentistry.

Noun

spoon excavator (plural spoon excavators)

  1. A curette with hooklike ends used to remove soft carious decay in dentistry.

Forms of spoon excavator

pluralspoon excavators

Origin of spoon excavator

From spoon + excavator.

Questions about spoon excavator

What does spoon excavator mean?
Spoon excavator means a curette with hooklike ends used to remove soft carious decay in dentistry.
What part of speech is spoon excavator?
Spoon excavator is a noun.
What is the plural of spoon excavator?
The plural of spoon excavator is spoon excavators.

Words near spoon excavator in the dictionary

  1. spoon bowls
  2. spoon bread
  3. spoon breads
  4. spoon chime
  5. spoon chimes
  6. spoon excavator
  7. spoon excavators
  8. spoon hook
  9. spoon hooks
  10. spoon knife
  11. spoon knives

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