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vitrellae

vitrellae is the plural of vitrella.

Meaning of vitrella

Noun

vitrella (plural vitrellae)

  1. One of the transparent lens-like cone cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.
  2. A small glass capsule, holding a dose of a drug, that is smashed open for the contents to be inhaled.
    • vitrellae of amyl nitrate

Questions about vitrellae

What is vitrellae the plural of?
Vitrellae is the plural of vitrella.

Words near vitrellae in the dictionary

  1. vitrectomy
  2. vitrector
  3. vitrectors
  4. vitreitis
  5. vitrella
  6. vitrellae
  7. vitreo-
  8. vitreo-electric
  9. vitreofoveal
  10. vitreograph
  11. vitreographic

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