protegulum
/prə(ʊ)ˈtɛɡjʊləm/Zoology
noun
In brachiopods: the initial or embryonic form of the shell, or of each valve of the shell.
Origin
Late 19th century. From pro- + classical Latin tēgulum roofing from tegere to cover + -ulum.
- paysayg
- Pays Basque
- pay scale
- Pays de la Loire
- pay sergeant
- payshi
- payshun dock
- payslip
- pay someone back
- pay someone back in their own coin
- pay someone off
- pay something back
- pay something in
- pay something off
- pay something out (or pay out)
- pay spine
- pay station
- pay structure
- payt.
- pay telephone
- pay television
- pay through the nose
- pay-tone
- Payton, Walter
- pay-to-play