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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the carina or keel of papilionaceous flowers.
- noun In entomology, the unpaired appendage lying between the uncus and the intromittent organ of lepidopterous insects; the upper organ, or tegumen of White, consisting in the swallowtail butterflies of chitinous points on a membranous body.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of coleopterous insects of the family Scaphidiidæ, with two species, one of Europe, the other of the United States.
- noun In Greek pottery, a vase of boat-like form.
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Ubi ego capiam pro machaera turturem, [5] (68) pro galea scaphium, pro insigni sit corolla plectilis, 70 pro hasta talos, pro lorica malacum capiam pallium, ubi mihi pro equo lectus detur, scortum pro scuto accubet? apage a me, apage.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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