Patella
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( 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.
(2): ( n.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
(3): ( n.) A small dish, pan, or vase.
(4): ( n.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a surname of Ops (Plenty), as opening the stems of the corn-plant, that the ears might sprout out.
