Meanings
collum1
plural colla
- anatomyA neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.
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No sooner does a little particle of food touch the edge of the delicate collar which surrounds the collum, than it adheres to it and is carried down by currents, that circulate up one side of the collar and down the other, to the end of the collum, in which, along with an accompanying drop of water, it becomes at once engulped^([sic]).
1882, Frank Coles Phillips, Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society, volume 3, page 25 - biologyA collar
Collum2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latincollum“the neck”
- Englishcollum
Borrowed from Latin collum (“the neck”). Doublet of col.
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collum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collum
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