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patelline, a. Zool.|ˈpætəlaɪn|
[f. L. Patella, in Zool. ‘limpet’ + -ine1.]
Of or pertaining to the Patellidæ or limpets. So ˈpatellite [-ite1], a fossil limpet; ˈpatelloid [-oid], Conch., a. of the form of a patella, limpet-shaped; n. a patelloid shell.
1828Webster, Patellite, fossil remains of the patella, a shell. 1851Richardson Geol. viii. (1855) 243 Some shells have a patelloid form. 1890Cent. Dict., Patelline. |