noun
Meaning 1
A trench.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
scrobe
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skrōb
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/skɹəʊb/
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
Etymology
From Latin scrobis (“ditch, dike, trench”).