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Synonyms for capitulum

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-pich-uh-luh m
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈpɪtʃ ə ləm

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Définition of capitulum

Origin :
  • used in various senses in English; Latin, literally "little head," diminutive of caput "head," also "leader, guide, chief person; summit; capital city; origin, source, spring," figuratively "life, physical life;" in writing "a division, paragraph;" of money, "the principal sum," from PIE *kaput- "head" (see head (n.)).
  • As in head : noun top part of an animate body
Example sentences :
  • The capitulum in the largest specimens was .2 of an inch in length.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • Dorsolaterally there is an articular surface for the capitulum of the rib.
  • Extract from : « A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas » by Theodore H. Eaton
  • As is well known, the ribs of the Monotremata have only the central head, the capitulum.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • In the Odontocetes the ribs have, some of them, the normal attachment by capitulum and tuberculum.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • The tuberculum and capitulum on each of the trunk ribs are separated only by a shallow concavity.
  • Extract from : « A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas » by Theodore H. Eaton
  • Capitulum concedit ei Wicham manerium suum ad firmam quamdiu vixerit et inde bene servierit.
  • Extract from : « Villainage in England » by Paul Vinogradoff
  • Cirripedia having a carapace, consisting either of a capitulum on a peduncle, or of an operculated shell with a basis.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • Capitulum sine valvis; apertur ampl; pedunculus fimbriatus, sub-globosus, infossus.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • It is readily known by the numerous irregularly arranged scales at the base of the capitulum.
  • Extract from : « Journal of Entomology and Zoology: Volume 6, Number 4, December 1914 » by Various
  • The capitulum contains but few flowers, all of which are perfect; and the fruit has no pappus.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux

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