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rotula

rotula noun: the patella; the kneecap.

Noun

rotula (plural rotulas or rotulae)

  1. The patella; the kneecap.
  2. One of the five radial pieces in the dentary apparatus of the sea urchin.

rotula meaning in Tamil and Urdu

rotula in Tamil

முழங்காற்சில்லு

rotula in Urdu

گھٹنے کی ہڈی

Forms of rotula

pluralrotulas
pluralrotulae

Origin of rotula

Learned borrowing from Latin rotula. Doublet of role and roll.

Words formed from rotula

Questions about rotula

What does rotula mean?
Rotula means the patella; the kneecap.
What is rotula in Tamil?
Rotula in Tamil is முழங்காற்சில்லு. See Rotula meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rotula?
Rotula is a noun.
What is the plural of rotula?
The plural of rotula is rotulas.

Words near rotula in the dictionary

  1. rottweilers
  2. rottweiller
  3. rottweillers
  4. Rotty
  5. ROTU
  6. rotula
  7. rotulae
  8. rotular
  9. rotulas
  10. rotulet
  11. rotulets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rotula (page history and authors); rotula (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rotula (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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