Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Oue of the hair-like cells borne at the end of the smaller branches of Dasya elegans and similar algæ: usually in the plural.
- noun Same as
penicil , 2. - noun In anatomy, one of the tufts formed by the ramifications of the portal vein in the liver and of the minute arteries in the spleen.
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Examples
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Pencil, from the Latin penicillus, meaning "little tail."
Meg Waite Clayton: The Lowly Pencil Meg Waite Clayton 2011
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