PATELLULA


Meaning of PATELLULA in English

pəˈtelyələ noun

( plural patellu·lae -yəˌlē)

Etymology: New Latin, diminutive of Latin patella — more at patella

: a cuplike sucker on the tarsus of beetles of the family Dytiscidae

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.