scroben.
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1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. vi. 17 Enjoining to dig their scrobes, for the Planting of Trees at the Full Moon.
2. Entomology. (See quot.)
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1891 Cent. Dict. Scrobe,..(a.) A groove in the side of the rostrum in which the scape or basal joint of the antenna is received, in the weevils or curculios. (b.) A groove on the outer side of the mandible, more fully called mandibular scrobe.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II.
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