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notula

notula noun: a small circular pit on an internal fossil mold of a trilobite marking the impression of an apodeme.

Noun

notula (plural notulae)

  1. A small circular pit on an internal fossil mold of a trilobite marking the impression of an apodeme.
    • Generally a pair of notulae is associated with each muscle scar. Notulae also occur in the cephalon, in some species being present in the floor of the oblique lateral scars of the posterior lobe (Shergold, 1975).1990, J. H. Shergold, J. R. Laurie, Sun Xiaowen, Classification and Review of the Trilobite Order Agnostida Salter, 1864: An Australian Perspective, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026, page 13

Forms of notula

pluralnotulae

Origin of notula

Borrowed from Latin notula.

Words formed from notula

Questions about notula

What does notula mean?
Notula means a small circular pit on an internal fossil mold of a trilobite marking the impression of an apodeme.
What part of speech is notula?
Notula is a noun.
What is the plural of notula?
The plural of notula is notulae.

Words near notula in the dictionary

  1. notts
  2. Notts.
  3. notturni
  4. notturno
  5. notturnos
  6. notula
  7. notulae
  8. notular
  9. notum
  10. notungulate
  11. notungulates

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