01 n. A small dish, pan, or vase.
pl.
Patellæ ((#))
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1.
A small dish, pan, or vase.
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2.
The kneecap; the kneepan; the cap of the knee.(Anat.)
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3.
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.(Zool.)
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A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.(Bot.)