alveus
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈæl.vi.əs/
Definition of alveus
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (rare, usually)The bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea.
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noun
- (rare, usually)The bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea.
- A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alveus (“hollow trough-shaped vessel, trough, bath tub, hull, hold, ship, boat, channel or bed (of a river or trench), beehive”). First attested in the late 17th century in an earlier sense.
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