Definition of Capitella

1. capitellum [n] - See also: capitellum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capitella

capitano
capitanos
capitans
capitate
capitate bone
capitated
capitates
capitatim
capitating
capitation
capitation fee
capitations
capitative
capitayn
capitayns
capitella (current term)
capitellate
capitellum
capitium
capitols
capitonnage
capitonym
capitonyms
capitopedal
capitualtion
capitula
capitular
capitular joint
capitularies
capitularly

Literary usage of Capitella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1906)
"... (Tinea) capitella, Clerck. This tiny moth is a difficult pest to attack, and I am sorry to have to record its presence in the Midland Counties. Fig. ..."

2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"There is no weight put upon the capitella or chapiters of them, us upon the other pillar's nead, for fear least they should be broken in pieces. ..."

3. Finis pyramidis; or, Disquisitions concerning the antiquity and scientific by Thomas Gabb (1806)
"St. Jerome, in the book of Kings, calls the tops of the shaft capita, whereon the capitals were placed ; and the capitals themselves, he calls capitella, ..."

4. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"In tlie cat it passes from side to side in a synovial groove lined by au extension of the synovial membrane lining the joints of the capitella of the pair ..."

5. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1891)
"The moths figured above were sketched from a specimen of the I. capitella kindly given me by Mr. T. Doeg, of Evesham, who bred the insect from larvae taken ..."

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