To scrape with a curette.
A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.
To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
To uncover (something) by digging.
To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.