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placula

placula noun: a little plate or plaque.

Noun

placula (plural placulae)

  1. A little plate or plaque.

Forms of placula

pluralplaculae

Origin of placula

From Latinized form of Ancient Greek πλάκα (pláka, “plate”), from πλάξ (pláx), + -ula.

Questions about placula

What does placula mean?
Placula means a little plate or plaque.
What part of speech is placula?
Placula is a noun.
What is the plural of placula?
The plural of placula is placulae.

Words near placula in the dictionary

  1. placozoan
  2. placozoans
  3. placozoon
  4. placque
  5. plactic
  6. placula
  7. placulae
  8. placunid
  9. placunids
  10. pladdies
  11. pladdy

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