scalpellum

noun

scal·​pel·​lum

-ləm

plural scalpella

-lə

: any of four slender piercing organs in the proboscis of true bugs or bloodsucking two-winged flies corresponding to the mandibles and the first pair of maxillae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, scalpel

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