SINCE 1828
scalpellum
noun
scal·pel·lum
| \ -ləm\
plural scalpella\ -lə \
Definition of scalpellum
: any of four slender piercing organs in the proboscis of true bugs or bloodsucking two-winged flies corresponding to the mandibles and the first pair of maxillae
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