Stipes

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The basal segment of the maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
  • n. Botany A stalklike support or structure; a stipe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion
  • n. The basal segment of the maxilla of an insect or a crustacean
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
  • n. An eyestalk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, same as stipe.
  • n. In zoology, a stalk or stem, as an eye-stalk or a footstalk; a stipe.
  • n. Also, the stalk of the halter of a dipterous insect.
  • Word Usage
    "Obama and his parade of loonies (Biden) and fools (Pelosi & Reid) are showing their true radical stipes."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eyestalk   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gripes    hypes    pipes    snipes    stripes    swipes    types    wipes