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patella
(encz) | patella,čéška n: [med.] macska |
Patella
(gcide) | Patella \Pa*tel"la\, n.; pl. Patell[ae]. [L., a small pan, the
kneepan, dim. of patina, patena, a pan, dish.]
1. A small dish, pan, or vase.
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2. (Anat.) The kneecap; the kneepan; the cap of the knee.
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3. (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, including many
species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened
cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is
largely used for food.
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4. (Bot.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is
orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a
part of the thallus.
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patella
(wn) | patella
n 1: a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that
protects the knee joint [syn: patella, kneecap,
kneepan]
2: type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets
[syn: Patella, genus Patella] |
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patellae
(encz) | patellae, |
patellar
(encz) | patellar, adj: |
patellar reflex
(encz) | patellar reflex, n: |
Patella
(gcide) | Patella \Pa*tel"la\, n.; pl. Patell[ae]. [L., a small pan, the
kneepan, dim. of patina, patena, a pan, dish.]
1. A small dish, pan, or vase.
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2. (Anat.) The kneecap; the kneepan; the cap of the knee.
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3. (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, including many
species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened
cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is
largely used for food.
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4. (Bot.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is
orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a
part of the thallus.
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Patella vulgata
(gcide) | Patella \Pa*tel"la\, n.; pl. Patell[ae]. [L., a small pan, the
kneepan, dim. of patina, patena, a pan, dish.]
1. A small dish, pan, or vase.
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2. (Anat.) The kneecap; the kneepan; the cap of the knee.
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3. (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, including many
species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened
cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is
largely used for food.
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4. (Bot.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is
orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a
part of the thallus.
[1913 Webster]Limpet \Lim"pet\ (l[i^]m"p[e^]t), n. [Prob. through French fr.
L. lepas, -adis, Gr. lepa`s, -a`dos.] (Zool.)
1. In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod
shell.
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2. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order
Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between
tides.
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Note: The common European limpets of the genus Patella
(esp. Patella vulgata) are extensively used as food.
The common New England species is {Acm[ae]a
testudinalis}. Numerous species of limpets occur on the
Pacific coast of America, some of them of large size.
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3. Hence: Somthing or someone that clings tenaciously to
another object or person; specifically a military
explosive device having magnets allowing it to cling to a
metallic target object, such as the hull of a ship.
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3. Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped
Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
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4. A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.
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Patellae
(gcide) | Patella \Pa*tel"la\, n.; pl. Patell[ae]. [L., a small pan, the
kneepan, dim. of patina, patena, a pan, dish.]
1. A small dish, pan, or vase.
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2. (Anat.) The kneecap; the kneepan; the cap of the knee.
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3. (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, including many
species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened
cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is
largely used for food.
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4. (Bot.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is
orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a
part of the thallus.
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Patellar
(gcide) | Patellar \Pa*tel"lar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneecap.
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Patellar reflex
(gcide) | Reflex \Re"flex\ (r?"fl?ks; formerly r?*fl?ks"), n. [L. reflexus
a bending back. See Reflect.]
1. Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated
surface to one in shade.
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Yon gray is not the morning's eye,
'Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow. --Shak.
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On the depths of death there swims
The reflex of a human face. --Tennyson.
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2. (Physiol.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex
action.
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Patellar reflex. See Knee jerk, under Knee.
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genus patella
(wn) | genus Patella
n 1: type genus of the family Patellidae: common European
limpets [syn: Patella, genus Patella] |
patella vulgata
(wn) | Patella vulgata
n 1: marine limpet [syn: common limpet, Patella vulgata] |
patellar
(wn) | patellar
adj 1: near or relating to the patella or kneecap; "patellar
tendon" |
patellar reflex
(wn) | patellar reflex
n 1: a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on
the patellar tendon [syn: knee jerk, knee-jerk reflex,
patellar reflex] |
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