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Meaning Of Patella
n.
A small dish, pan, or vase.
n.
The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
n.
A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of
limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common
European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
n.
A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat,
and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.