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单词 decorticator
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decorticatorn.

/dɪˈkɔːtɪkeɪtə/
Etymology: agent-noun in Latin form from dēcorticāre to decorticate v.: see -or suffix.
He who or that which decorticates; a machine, tool, or instrument for decortication.
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1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 344/2 Child's decorticator, an implement..for simply rubbing and scouring the grain, or for removing the thin bran and germ previous to the operation of grinding.
1954 D. Unwin Governor's Wife iii. 58 The decorticator was a mile from the bungalow... The huge jaws devoured an endless belt of sisal leaves, chewing them up and spewing out flaccid heaps of blond fibre.
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