Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pessulus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pes-su-lus
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of some birds.

Example Sentences

"The pessulus narrows greatly and becomes somewhat "keel-shaped" in the tracheobronchial junction"
"Sound is produced not by the internal but by the external tympaniform membranes; moreover, the pessulus is separate from the tympanum and is attached by the syringeal ligament to the connective tissue sheath enclosing the sternotrachealis muscles"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pessulus (“bolt (of a door)”).

Inflected Forms

pessuli (plural)

Questions

What does pessulus mean?: A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of some birds.
Where does pessulus come from?: Borrowed from Latin pessulus (“bolt (of a door)”).

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