English Explanatory Dictionary

pessulus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.

Word forms

pessulus pessuli

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pessulus (“bolt (of a door)”).

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