patella

Significado de patella

n.

Patela

n.

A small dish, pan, or vase.
The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
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.
A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.

n.

kneecap, kneepan, sesamoid bone generic term, sesamoid generic term, os sesamoideum generic term noun, Patella, genus Patella, mollusk genus generic term

Vogais: aea

Consoantes: ptll

Palavras Parecidas

patellae, patela, patellula, padella, patellulae, patly, petala, puteal, puteli, phthalyl.