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acnestis - n., the part of a mammal's skin that it cannot reach to scratch.
Between the shoulder blades. The 1828 Webster's Dictionary gives the etymology "Gr[eek] a priv. to rub or gnaw" -- which I think should be unpacked to mean a-, meaning not, as a prefix to the stem.
---L.
Between the shoulder blades. The 1828 Webster's Dictionary gives the etymology "Gr[eek] a priv. to rub or gnaw" -- which I think should be unpacked to mean a-, meaning not, as a prefix to the stem.
---L.
