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capitulum

/kuh-pich-uh-luhm/US // kəˈpɪtʃ ə ləm //UK // (kəˈpɪtjʊləm) //

头盖骨,头骨,帽檐,帽状物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ca·pit·u·la [kuh-pich-uh-luh]. /kəˈpɪtʃ ə lə/.

    • : Biology. any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Capitulum globosum, floridum magnitudine pruni minoris, fructiferum pomum parvum aequans.

  • Cirripedia having a carapace, consisting either of a capitulum on a peduncle, or of an operculated shell with a basis.

  • Cirripedia quibus pro carapace est aut capitulum pedunculatum, aut testa operculata cum basi.

  • Capitulum sine valvis; apertur ampl; pedunculus fimbriatus, sub-globosus, infossus.

  • I believe I saw in one specimen, most delicate transverse muscular fibres round the lower part of the elongated capitulum.