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tessella

tessella noun: a small tessera.

Noun

tessella (plural tessellae)

  1. A small tessera.

Forms of tessella

pluraltessellae

Origin of tessella

From Latin tessella.

Questions about tessella

What does tessella mean?
Tessella means a small tessera.
What part of speech is tessella?
Tessella is a noun.
What is the plural of tessella?
The plural of tessella is tessellae.

Words near tessella in the dictionary

  1. tesselated
  2. tesselates
  3. tesselating
  4. tesselation
  5. tesselations
  6. tessella
  7. tessellae
  8. tessellar
  9. tessellate
  10. tessellate moray
  11. tessellate morays

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