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noun
A small sclerite situated above the base of the costal vein in the wings of various insects, and attached to the anterolateral portion of the mesonotum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
A flat Roman roof tile with raised edges, joined together by an imbrex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Any sea snail in the genus Tegula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, malacology, natural-sciences
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History
Borrowed from Latin tegula (“a tile”), from tegō (“to cover”). Doublet of tile.
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