glabella

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
  2. The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites).

Pronunciation

/ɡləˈbɛlə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-glabella.wav

Word forms

glabella glabellas glabellae

Etymology

From Latin glaber (“smooth, hairless, bald”).

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