Definition of Foveole

1. a foveola [n -S] - See also: foveola

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foveole

foveiform
foveola
foveola coccygea
foveola gastrica
foveola ocularis
foveola papillaris
foveola retinae
foveola suprameatica
foveolae
foveolae granulares
foveolar
foveolar cells of stomach
foveolas
foveolate
foveolated
foveole (current term)
foveoles
foveolet
foveolets
foveolæ
foveæ
fovilla
fovillae
fower
fowers
fowl
fowl-house
fowl-houses
fowl cholera
fowl diphtheria

Literary usage of Foveole

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"... and from the latter in the non-sulcate frontal costa, the carinate vertex, the sub- trigonal lateral foveoLe and the shallower ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"... usually larger than the upper, and on minutely examining them we find a remarkable resemblance of each foveole to the cavity of the human acetabulum. ..."

3. Paxton's Flower Garden by John Lindley, Joseph Paxton, Thomas Baines (1884)
"... segments oblong or obovate-oblong, each furnished with a small roundish green glutinous foveole at the bend above the claw. Stamens much shorter than ..."

4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1879)
"... Fritillaria rest only upon the fact that the foveole of the upper segment of the perianth is decidedly deeper than those of the other five segments, ..."

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