Thesaurus: patella

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1. n. A small dish, pan, or vase.
2. n. The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
3. n. A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
4. n. A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
5. n. a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
6. 1. A small dish, pan, or vase. 2. (Anat.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee. 3. (Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food. 4. (Bot.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
7. n:100 n. a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint n. type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets