Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. scaphæ (-fē). In anatomy, the scaphoid fossa or fossa scaphoidea of the helix of the ear. See second cut under
ear . - noun [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects.
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Examples
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The narrow-curved depression between the helix and the antihelix is called the scapha; the antihelix describes a curve around a deep, capacious cavity, the concha, which is partially divided into two parts by the crus or commencement of the helix; the upper part is termed the cymba conchæ, the lower part the cavum conchæ.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 1. The External Ear 1918
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The antihelix curves inside the helix, separated by the groove called the scapha.
Archive 2009-06-01 James Gurney 2009
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The antihelix curves inside the helix, separated by the groove called the scapha.
The Anatomy of the Ear James Gurney 2009
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Charón solvere nólébat; mágnopere enim verébátur né scapha sua tantó pondere oneráta in medió flúmine mergerétur.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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The different parts of the first division, or external ear, are described by anatomists under the name of the helix, antihelix, tragus, antitragus, the lobe, cavitas innominata, the scapha, and the concha.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 376, June 20, 1829 Various
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It consists of scattered fibers, partly tendinous and partly muscular, extending from the eminentia conchæ to the prominence corresponding with the scapha.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 1. The External Ear 1918
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The once current idea that traced canoe to a misreading of Latin scapha "boat" might add ammunition to the etymology of syllabus (words coined by mistake; see the previous post), but it has no foundation.
OUPblog 2009
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At scapha nohis diu instru - pensus unusqiiisque remus; cta, et ad trajectum parata neque quidquam in mc rao - optime est: exbausta enim rae cst, quo minus sublata
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We had not proceeded far before their canoe was observed secured to the beach by a small rope, which offered so good an opportunity of punishing these savages for their treacherous attack, that we landed and brought it away; and upon examining its contents, we found not only their clubs, but also a large quantity of bivalve shellfish, (Arca scapha?
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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