Значение

значений: 4
  1. A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.

  2. A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.

  3. A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.

    Flügelspiegel

  4. A lookout place.

Ещё определения
  • a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
  • a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument

Переводы

языков: 4
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По значениям 1
patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds:

Происхождение

Learned borrowing from Latin speculum.

Learned borrowing from Latin speculum.

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Формы

мн. число: specula / speculums
Ед. числоspeculum
Мн. числоspecula / speculums

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 2

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 2
Связанныеspeculum literature
Производныеspeculum metal

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соседние слова
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