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GLADIUS
Etymology
Noun
gladius (plural gladiuses or gladii)
(historical) A Roman sword roughly two feet long.
(zoology) A pen, a hard internal bodypart of certain cephalopods, made of chitin-like material.
Source: Wiktionary
Gla"di*us, n.; pl. Gladii. Etym: [L., a sword.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MALLET
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