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strigilis

strigilis noun: an organ for cleaning the antennae on the first tarsal joint of a bee's foreleg.

Noun

strigilis

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

Origin of strigilis

From Latin strigilis.

Questions about strigilis

What does strigilis mean?
Strigilis means an organ for cleaning the antennae on the first tarsal joint of a bee's foreleg.
What part of speech is strigilis?
Strigilis is a noun.

Words near strigilis in the dictionary

  1. strigiform
  2. strigiforms
  3. strigil
  4. strigilator
  5. strigilators
  6. strigilis
  7. strigillose
  8. strigillosely
  9. strigilose
  10. strigils
  11. strigine

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