I. -ləs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, nave of a wheel, cylinder of a pump, diminutive of modius
: a genus of sea mussels (family Mytilidae) including the horse mussels
II. noun
( plural modio·li -ˌlī)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin
: a central bony column in the cochlea of the ear