Columella Definition

kŏlyə-mĕlə, kŏlə-
columellae
noun
Any of a number of columnlike structures in plants and animals, as a small bone in the middle ear of amphibians, reptiles, etc.
Webster's New World

(anatomy) The skin at the end of the septum which separates the nostrils.

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(coral science) The structure at the center of the calyx where the septa join together.

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(palynology) A rod-shaped reinforcing element of the sexine layer of a pollen grain.

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Other Word Forms of Columella

Noun

Singular:
columella
Plural:
columellae

Origin of Columella

  • Latin diminutive of columna column column

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin columella (“small column”).

    From Wiktionary

Columella Sentence Examples

  • The proOtic encloses between it and the lateral occipital the fenestra ovalis, into which fits the columella of the ear.

  • Monodonta, no jaws, spire not prominent, no umbilicus, columella toothed.

  • This columella muscle is the same thing as the muscles adhering to the shell in Patella, and the posterior adductor of Lamellibranchs.

  • Shell solid, piriform, with thick folded columella; lateral teeth of radula bicuspidate.

  • Occupying the axis, and exposed by the section, is seen the "columella " or spiral pillar.

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