patellula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin patellula.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pəˈtɛljʊlə/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tel‧lu‧la

Noun

patellula (plural patellulae or patellulæ)

  1. (zoology) A cup-like sucker on the feet of certain insects.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “patellula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

patella +‎ -ula

Pronunciation

Noun

patellula f (genitive patellulae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) patellula
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:patellula.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative patellula patellulae
Genitive patellulae patellulārum
Dative patellulae patellulīs
Accusative patellulam patellulās
Ablative patellulā patellulīs
Vocative patellula patellulae

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: patellula
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