faveolusn.
/fəˈviːələs/ A small depression, like a cell of a honeycomb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity
pita1275
holec1300
cella1398
den1398
follicle?a1425
purse?a1425
pocketa1450
fossac1475
cystis1543
trench1565
conceptory1576
vesike1577
vesicle1578
vault1594
socket1601
bladderet1615
cistern1615
cavern1626
ventricle1641
bladder1661
antrum1684
conceptaculum1691
capsule1693
cellule1694
loculus1694
sinus1704
vesicula1705
vesica1706
fosse1710
pouch1712
cyst1721
air chamber1725
fossula1733
alveole1739
sac1741
sacculus1749
locule1751
compartment1772
air cell1774
fossule1803
umbilicus1811
conceptacle1819
cœlia1820
utricle1822
air sac1835
saccule1836
ampulla1845
vacuole1853
scrobicule1880
faveolus1882
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 562/1 The apothecia of several calcicole lichens..have the power..of forming minute faveoli in the rocks.
1963 J. H. Kenneth Henderson's Dict. Biol. Terms (ed. 8) 199/2 Faveolus... A small depression or pit; alveola.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1882