Medical Definition of Navicula
1. A small boat-shaped structure. Origin: L. Dim of navis, ship (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Navicula
Literary usage of Navicula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1901)
"navicula (No. 32 of Schmidt's 44, with some reserve). navicula obtusata.
navicula pumila Grün. navicula radiosa Kg. navicula radiosa, var. acuta. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine Library: Being a Classified Collection of the Chief by George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne (1889)
"In less than three years from the completion of his " navicula," three separate
editions thereof appeared; all ostensibly from the presses of Strasburg. ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1837)
"navicula gibba, a recent species living both in fresh and in salt water; 4. ...
navicula bifrons. None of these organic beings are so well preserved as the ..."
4. Aquatic Microscopy for Beginners: Or, Common Objects from the Ponds and Ditches by Alfred Cheatham Stokes (1918)
"navicula cuspidata. Valves somewhat diamond-shaped, or rhombic; widest in the
center, tapering with straight margins to each end; a straight line (raphe) ..."
5. A Treatise on the British Freshwater Algae by George Stephen West (1904)
"... raphe straight. t Raphe straight and simple, with polar and central nodules.
\ Central nodule small navicula. \\ Central nodule forming a stauros ..."
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