-ləm noun
( plural scalpel·la -lə)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, scalpel
: 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
-ləm noun
( plural scalpel·la -lə)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, scalpel
: 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
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012