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noun
A connecting band.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A loop on the underside of the forewing of some moths.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: jaculator
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History
From Latin retināculum, from retinēre (“hold back”).
Across languages
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