Definition of Columellae

1. Noun. (plural of columella) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Columellae

1. columella [n] - See also: columella

Lexicographical Neighbors of Columellae

columbines
columbinic
columbinic acid
columbite
columbite-tantalite
columbites
columbium
columbiums
columbo
columbyn
columel
columella auris
columella cochleae
columella nasi
columellae (current term)
columellar
columelliform
columelloplasties
columelloplasty
columels
column cells
column chromatography
column density
column inch
column inches
column of Spitzka-Lissauer
column of bertin
column of fornix

Literary usage of Columellae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Eranos: Acta philologica suecana by Vilhelm Lundström (1897)
"E codicum numero, qui columellae de re rustica libros continent, alus omnibus ille, ... Editores enim et alii viri illustrissimi in scriptura columellae ..."

2. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1866)
"The septal columellae may be mistaken for the fascicular and essential; ... The parietal columellae are very common, and their structure is illustrated ..."

3. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"Only two small "pins" wrought from the columellae of fulgur shells were obtained during the explorations by the Museum. One is represented in r. ..."

4. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1805)
"The columellae in birds are less brittle than the ... The amphibia are provided with columellae, in their form and adaptations resembling those of birds: ..."

5. Chondrocranium, Amphibia by Henry Fox, Oliver Perry Hay, William A. Hilton, Henry Spencer Houghton, Benjamin Freeman Kingsbury, John Sterling Kingsley, Walter George Ridewood, W. H. van Seters, Guy Munroe Winslow (1890)
"Columella, including operculum and its process, stilus columellae, which may be joined to ... The term stilus columellae is used in describ- 1 '93, GAUPP, ..."

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