groove, vallecula
(noun) (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vallecula (plural valleculas or valleculae)
(medical) A depression or groove in the anatomy.
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Source: Wiktionary
Val*lec"u*la, n.; pl. Valleculæ. Etym: [NL., dim. fr. L. vallis, valles, a valley.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
