Definition of "rotula" []

• The patella. (noun)

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• "One rotula dating from 1122 is 28 feet long and 10 inches wide, covered with writing on both sides."
• "Good sardine productivity is linked with the presence of the diatom Melosira (Paralia) sulcata, and poor productivity with Thalassiosira rotula “invasions”."
• "Radulph says: "... figuram, cui sipos nomen est [symbol] in motum rotulae formatam nullius numeri significatione inscribi solere praediximus," and thereafter uses _rotula_."