English Explanatory Dictionary

scrobe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trench.
  2. A groove or pit in the outer anatomy of organisms, such as in the head capsule or along the outer side of the mandible of some insects, for the accommodation or protection of organs, e.g. the scapes of antennae.

Pronunciation

skrōb /skɹəʊb/

Word forms

scrobe scrobes

Etymology

From Latin scrobis (“ditch, dike, trench”).

Related words

scrobicle scrobicula scrobicular Scrobicularia scrobiculariid Scrobiculariidae scrobicularioid scrobiculate scrobiculated scrobicule scrobiculous scrobiculus scrobiculus cordis
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