rastellus
noun
ra·stel·lus
rəˈsteləs
plural -es
: a toothed structure like a rake on the basal segment of the chelicera of many burrowing spiders that is of use in digging
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, going back to Latin rāstellus “rake,” diminutive of rāstrī, rāstrum “hoe with two to six tines”
- a slap in the face
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