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rastellus

noun
ra·​stel·​lus | \ rəˈsteləs\
plural -es

Definition of rastellus

: a toothed structure like a rake on the basal segment of the chelicera of many burrowing spiders that is of use in digging

History and Etymology for rastellus

borrowed from New Latin, going back to Latin rāstellus “rake,” diminutive of rāstrī, rāstrum “hoe with two to six tines”

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