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noun
Definitions
  • (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root.
  • The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
  • The basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape.
  • (architecture) The shaft of a column.
  • (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scāpus (shaft, stem) borrowed from Ancient Greek σκᾶπος.

Origin

Ancient Greek

σκᾶπος

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