retinaculum /ret-i-nakˈū-ləm/

1. A connecting band
2. A means of retention
3. The apparatus that holds an insect's forewing and hindwing together
4. The sticky attachment of a pollen-mass, as in orchids

retinacˈūlar adjective

• prolately
• prolateness
• prolatenesses
• prolates
• prolate spheroid
• prolating
• prolation
• prolations
• prolative
• prole
• proled
• proleg
• prolegomena
• prolegomenary
• prolegomenon
• prolegomenous
• prolegs
• prolepses
• prolepsis
• proleptic
• proleptical
• proleptically
• proler
• proles
• proletarian