birotula

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noun

A microsclere that has a straight shaft and umbrella-shaped ends

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounbirotula (plural birotulas or birotulae)

plural birotulas · plural birotulae

  1. A microsclere that has a straight shaft and umbrella-shaped ends

Origin

  1. Latinbirota
  2. Englishbirotula

Borrowed from Latin birota, feminine of birotus, from bi- (“two, double”) + rota (“wheel”) + -us.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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