abaculus

[ uh-bak-yuh-luhs ]

noun

, plural a·bac·u·li [uh, -, bak, -y, uh, -lahy].

1. abaciscus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abaculus¹

From New Latin; abacus, -ule

Example Sentences

For their study, published earlier this month in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the pair performed a micro-CT scan on one well-preserved fossil of a species called Avalofractus abaculus, found in Spaniard’s Bay, Newfoundland, to examine its three-dimensional structure in fine detail.

From Scientific American

One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

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