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noun, plural spec·u·la 
[-luh] , spec·u·lums.
[-luh] , spec·u·lums. 1.
a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
3.
Surgery. an instrument for rendering a part accessible to observation, as by enlarging an orifice.
4.
Ornithology. a lustrous or specially colored area on the wings of certain birds.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin: mirror, equivalent to spec(ere) to look, behold + -ulum instrumental suffix; see -ule
1590–1600; < Latin: mirror, equivalent to spec(ere) to look, behold + -ulum instrumental suffix; see -ule
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speculum
1597, from L., lit. "mirror," from specere "to look at, view" (see scope (1)).
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speculum spec·u·lum (spěk'yə-ləm)
n. pl. spec·u·lums or spec·u·la (-lə)
A mirror or polished metal plate that is used as a reflector in optical instruments.
An instrument that is used to dilate the opening of a body cavity for medical examination.
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