dentiscalp

English

Etymology

From Latin dentiscalpium (“toothpick”), from dens (“tooth”) + scalpere (“to scrape”).

Noun

dentiscalp (plural dentiscalps)

  1. (archaic) a toothpick.

References

“dentiscalp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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