collum

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UK/ˈkɒl.əm/US/ˈkɑl.əm/

noun

A neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.

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collum1

nouncollum (plural colla)

plural colla

  1. 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
  2. biologyA collar

Collum2

proper nounCollum (plural Collums)

plural Collums

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Origin

  1. Latincollum“the neck”
  2. Englishcollum

Borrowed from Latin collum (“the neck”). Doublet of col.

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APA

collum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collum

MLA

“collum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collum.

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