Etymology

fasciole

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Today it means: A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, found on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. Full definition →

Latin fasciola
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromfasciola“a little bandage”
  2. English todayfasciole

Borrowed from Latin fasciola (“a little bandage”). See fascia.

Words from the same roots

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fasciola

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