crepitaculum

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Et mihi adhuc superstes est tota illa editio prima, quam quasi crepitaculum per quod dentes caninos dentibam retineo.

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  1. An ancient instrument resembling the castanets.
  2. In zoology, a rattle or rattling-organ, as that on the tail of a rattlesnake. See cut under rattlesnake.
  3. A talc-like spot at the base of the upper wings of certain Locustidæ. Pascoe.

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  1. Latin, a rattle, from crepitare, past participle crepitatus, rattle: see crepitate.
 

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