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noun
The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A fungal disease afflicting grapes.
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Topics: biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, phytopathology, sciences
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noun
A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 6–9 L depending on the substance measured.
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Usage: historical
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noun
A kind of measuring cup once used for measuring escas of grain.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Initialism of electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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History
From Latin ēsca (“bait”).
From Galician escá, from Hispanic Late Latin scala (“bowl”) attested in Isidore of Seville, probably from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō (“bowl”). Cognate with German Schale and Dutch schaal.
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