scrobe

Pronunciation: /skɹəʊb/

The English word “scrobe” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A trench.
A groove or pit in the outer anatomy of organisms, such as in the head capsule or along the outer side of the mandible of some insects, for the accommodation or protection of organs, e.g. the scapes of antennae.

From Latin scrobis (“ditch, dike, trench”).

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