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Meaning of speculum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈspɛk.jʊ.ləm/

Definitions

  1. A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
  2. A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
  3. A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
  4. A lookout place.

Equivalents

Deutsch Flügelspiegel
Español espéculo
Suomi siipipeili
Français spéculum
日本語 翼鏡
Nederlands eendenbek speculum
Polski wziernik
Svenska vingspegel

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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