† patellulan.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin patellula.

Etymology: < scientific Latin patellula (E. Acharius Methodus qua Omnes Detectos Lichenes (1803) p. xii) < classical Latin patella patella n. + -ula -ula suffix.

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

A small patelliform structure, as in a lichen (cf. patella n. 2(c)) or a dytiscid water beetle (cf. patella n. 2(b)).

ΚΠ

1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. iii. 205 Patellula, an orbicular sessile shield, surrounded by a rim which is part of itself, and not a production of the thallus.

1851 W. A. Leighton Brit. Lichens 66 Sussex! (with patellulæ) Mr. Borrer.

1890 Cent. Dict. Patellula, one of the sucking-disks or -cups on the lower surface of the tarsus of a male beetle of the genus Dytiscus or other water-beetle.

Derivatives

† patellulate adj. Obsolete rare having or formed into a small patelliform structure.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Patellulate, same as patellate.

† patellule n. Obsolete rare = patellula n.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Patellula, applied by Acharius to sessile receptacles, orbicular and surrounded by a proper border..: a patellule.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	patellula
释义	† patellulan. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin patellula. Etymology: < scientific Latin patellula (E. Acharius Methodus qua Omnes Detectos Lichenes (1803) p. xii) < classical Latin patella patella n. + -ula -ula suffix. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A small patelliform structure, as in a lichen (cf. patella n. 2(c)) or a dytiscid water beetle (cf. patella n. 2(b)). ΚΠ 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. iii. 205 Patellula, an orbicular sessile shield, surrounded by a rim which is part of itself, and not a production of the thallus. 1851 W. A. Leighton Brit. Lichens 66 Sussex! (with patellulæ) Mr. Borrer. 1890 Cent. Dict. Patellula, one of the sucking-disks or -cups on the lower surface of the tarsus of a male beetle of the genus Dytiscus or other water-beetle. Derivatives † patellulate adj. Obsolete rare having or formed into a small patelliform structure.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Patellulate, same as patellate. † patellule n. Obsolete rare = patellula n.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Patellula, applied by Acharius to sessile receptacles, orbicular and surrounded by a proper border..: a patellule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1832
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