plectrum

[plek-truhm] Origin

plec·trum

[plek-truhm]
noun, plural plec·tra [-truh] , plec·trums.
1.
a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
2.
Anatomy, Zoology. an anatomical part resembling a plectrum in shape.

Origin:
1620–30; < Latin plēctrum < Greek plêktron
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Plectrum is always a great word to know.
So is groin. Does it mean:
the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen
pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or collecting blood from within the skull
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plectrum (ˈplɛktrəm)
 
n , pl -trums, -tra
any implement for plucking a string, such as a small piece of plastic, wood, etc, used to strum a guitar, or the quill that plucks the string of a harpsichord
 
[C17: from Latin plēctrum quill, plectrum, from Greek plektron, from plessein to strike]

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plectrum
1626, from L. plectrum, from Gk. plektron "thing to strike with" (pick for a lyre, cock's supr, spear point, etc.), from plek-, root of plessein "to strike."
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