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scape -scape

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scape/skeɪp/

▶noun Entomology the basal segment of an insect's antenna, especially when it is enlarged and lengthened (as in a weevil).

– origin C19: via L. from Gk skapos ‘rod’; rel. to sceptre.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-scape

▶combining form denoting a specified type of scene: moonscape.

– origin on the pattern of (land)scape.

'scape' also found in these Oxford entries:

-scape - scapegoat - scapegrace

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