alveus

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈæl.vi.əs/

Definition of alveus

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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

  1. (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.
  2. 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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