| Patella (patella) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| ||Pa*tel"la |
| ; pl.
Patellæ (#). [L., a small pan, the kneepan,
dim. of patina, patena, a pan, dish.] |
A small dish, pan, or vase.
The kneepan; the cap of the
knee.
A genus of marine
gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form
of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella
vulgata) is largely used for food.
A kind of apothecium in
lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim
not a part of the thallus.
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