Talk:plectrum
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Hekaheka in topic RFV discussion: June 2019
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Rfv-sense: "An anatomical part resembling a plectrum in shape." I don't find this in major Onelook dictionaries, nor does a Google search provide useful links. Mydictionary.com and askdefine.com have it, but they cite English Wiktionary as their source. The sense has been added by a blocked user Anemos in 3.2.2006 [1]. --Hekaheka (talk) 04:39, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
- The OED's Third Edition updated September 2006 has: "Anatomy and Zoology. Any of various small, stiff projections of bone or other tissue; esp. (a) Entomology a ridge forming part of some insect stridulatory organs; (b) a part of the columella of the amphibian ear. Formerly also: the uvula, or the tongue (obsolete rare)." with eight cites from 1792 to 2001. I think we can keep the entry. Dbfirs 11:39, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
- OK, thanks, case closed. --Hekaheka (talk) 10:01, 16 June 2019 (UTC)