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reniculus

reniculus noun: one of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.

Noun

reniculus (plural reniculi)

  1. One of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.
    • Each reniculus is like a small individual kidney with its own cortex, medulla, and calyx, and the duct from each small unit joins with others to form the ureter.2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology

Forms of reniculus

pluralreniculi

Origin of reniculus

Borrowed from Latin reniculus.

Questions about reniculus

What does reniculus mean?
Reniculus means one of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.
What part of speech is reniculus?
Reniculus is a noun.
What is the plural of reniculus?
The plural of reniculus is reniculi.

Words near reniculus in the dictionary

  1. renickels
  2. Renicks
  3. reniculate
  4. reniculated
  5. reniculi
  6. reniculus
  7. renied
  8. Renier
  9. renieramycin
  10. renieramycins
  11. renierite

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