rotula

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rotula

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

noun rotulas · rotulae

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

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@misc{rotula_2026,
  title = {rotula},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rotula},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}