† patellulan.
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)).
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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
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1890 Cent. Dict. Patellulate, same as patellate.
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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).
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