"scrobe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /skɹəʊb/ Forms: scrobes [plural]
enPR: skrōb Etymology: From Latin scrobis (“ditch, dike, trench”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|scrobis|t=ditch, dike, trench}} Latin scrobis (“ditch, dike, trench”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrobe (plural scrobes)
  1. (obsolete, rare) A trench. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-scrobe-en-noun-LRhXk~N1
  2. (zoology, dated) 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. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-scrobe-en-noun-WtODC0mW Categories (other): Zoology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scrobicle, scrobicula, scrobicular, Scrobicularia, scrobiculariid, Scrobiculariidae, scrobicularioid, scrobiculate, scrobiculated, scrobicule, scrobiculous, scrobiculus, scrobiculus cordis

Inflected forms

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