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fibulas

fibulas is the plural of fibula.

Meaning of fibula

Noun

fibula (plural fibulae or fibulas or (obsolete) fibulæ)

  1. An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
    • Most of the fibulae have a triangular molding above the notch, which probably contained wound wire. The crossbar is decorated either with a flat knob or with a Persian merlon.1949, N. P. Toll, “Fibulae”, in Teresa G. Frisch, N. P. Toll, edited by M[ikhail] I[vanovich] Rostoftzeff, A. R. Bellinger, F. E. Brown, N. P. Toll, and C. B. Welles, The Excavations at Dura-Europos...
  2. The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
    Synonyms:
    calf bone

Forms of fibulas

alternative formfibulae

Questions about fibulas

What is fibulas the plural of?
Fibulas is the plural of fibula.

Words near fibulas in the dictionary

  1. fibularia
  2. fibularis
  3. fibularis brevis
  4. fibularis longus
  5. fibularis tertius
  6. fibulas
  7. fibulate
  8. fibulectomies
  9. fibulectomy
  10. fibulin
  11. fibulins

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