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Cingulum   Listen
noun
Cingulum  n.  (Zool.)
(a)
A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
(b)
The clitellus of earthworms.
(c)
The base of the crown of a tooth.






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"Cingulum" Quotes from Famous Books



... wall at the west end is a monumental effigy in Forest marble, larger than life, of a man in the military costume of the first quarter of the 13th century. He wears a cylindrical helm, a hauberk, apparently hooded, a short surcote, and a broad cingulum. The left arm is covered by a ponderous shield, and he draws a sword in a scabbard. He wears breeches of mail, but the legs, from the knees downward, are missing. The head rests upon a cushion, supported by conventional foliage. The occurrence ...
— Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood - Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter • J. Conway Walter



Words linked to "Cingulum" :   anatomy, body structure, general anatomy, structure



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