esca.
The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey.
Meaning & usage
The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey.
A fungal disease afflicting grapes.
Where this word comes from
From Latin ēsca (“bait”).
A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 6–9 L depending on the substance measured.
A kind of measuring cup once used for measuring escas of grain.
Where this word comes from
From Galician escá, from Hispanic Late Latin scala (“bowl”) attested in Isidore of Seville, probably from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō (“bowl”). Cognate with German Schale and Dutch schaal.
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