alinotum

[ey-luh-noh-tuhm, al-uh-]

a·li·no·tum

[ey-luh-noh-tuhm, al-uh-]
noun, plural a·li·no·ta [-tuh] .
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin, equivalent to Latin āl(a) ala + -i- -i- + Greek nôton back
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Alinotum is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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