/ˈvɪtiː/.vittan.
/ˈvɪtə/, U.S. /ˈvɪdə//ˈvɪtiː/.ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > membranes enclosing
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hoop-caul1545
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biggin1611
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allantoides1615
allantois1615
allantoid1633
amnios1657
amnion1667
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vitta1693
indusium1706
silly-hood1836
1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 209 Vitta, that part of the Coat call'd Amnion, which sticks to the Infants Head when 'tis just Born. [Hence in Phillips, 1706, etc.]
2. Roman History. (See quots.)Neither of the applications rests upon Latin usage.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn across breast
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bandoleera1577
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shoulder belt1668
vitta1726
cross-belt1797
shoulder-strap1870
society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun] > suit of armour > straps
shoulder-strap1830
vitta1847
brace1858
1726 A. Gordon Itinerarium Septentrionale 77 He [sc. a Roman soldier] has a Sash or Vitta coming over his Breast, reaching to his Middle.
1847 Kitto's Cycl. Bibl. Lit. I. 227/2 The objects above denominated appendages and vittæ..were straps of leather secured to the lower rim of the barrel of a suit of armour, and to the openings for arm-holes.
3.
a. Zoology. A band or stripe of colour.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > band or stripe
vitta1819
plaga1826
1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 346 The hypochondria [of the Guernsey Partridge] marked with a double black vitta.
1849 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 365 Mite..marked on the back with a dark vitta or line forming two sigmoid flexures.
1875 G. N. Lawrence Birds S.W. Mexico 51 Larus californicus..bill grayish~white, behind the yellowish-white tip a black vitta.
b. Botany. (See quot. 1843.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > marking on
vitta1843
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 403/2 The term vittæ is also sometimes applied to the various stripes which are found upon leaves, and which either arise from irregular distribution or entire deficiency of colouring-matter.
4. Botany.
a. One of a number of elongated club-shaped canals or tubes occurring in the pericarp of the fruit of most umbelliferous plants and containing their characteristic oil. Usually in plural.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > an umbellifer > parts of
vitta1830
band1845
jugum1880
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 4 The ridges are separated by channels, below which are often placed, in the substance of the pericarp, certain linear receptacles of coloured oily matter, called vittæ.
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 30 Vittæ on the upper half of the fruit only..Heracleum. Vittæ as long as fruit... Peucedanum.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 156 Trinia..primary ridges subequal, thick, smooth, rugose or plaited, with a large vitta inside each.
b. One of a number of internal projections occurring in the valves of diatomaceous plants.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > diatom(s) > part of
frustule1857
auxospore1884
hoop1884
vitta1888
testule1891
1888 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII.
1900 in B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms
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