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  1. n. A typographical error introduced by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape, as *term for term, or *term for term.

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  • “In primo scanno supra [22] "" infra [27] "eodem scanno inferius siue sub infra [26]”

    The Care of Books

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  • chained_bear Also the town my great-grandmother was born in. :) Apr 6, 2011

  • Prolagus English - a typo caused by OCR software.
    Italian - "(I) slaughter". See scannare. Dec 20, 2010

‘scanno’ has been looked up 280 times, added to 1 list, commented on 2 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.