[ˈstrɪdʒ(ɪ)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an instrument with a curved blade used, especially by ancient Greeks and Romans, to scrape sweat and dirt from the skin in a hot-air bath or after exercise; a scraper

- a comblike structure on the forelegs of some insects, used chiefly for grooming


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Origin:
from Latin strigilis, from stringere ‘touch lightly’. The term in entomology dates from the late 19th century