tegula

[ teg-yuh-luh ]

noun

, plural teg·u·lae [teg, -y, uh, -lee].

1. (in certain insects) a scalelike lobe at the base of the forewing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tegula¹

First recorded in 1820–30, tegula is from the Latin word tēgula tile

Example Sentences

The tile, a type called tegula, was used on the roof of a building in what became the Berkeley Street area of modern Gloucester, a spokesman said.

From BBC

Metathorax: m, Scutum. o, Epimeron. p, Coxa of hind leg. n, First Abdominal Segment. t, Tegula at base of fore-wing.

From Project Gutenberg

Pantile, pan′tīl, n. a tile with a curved surface, convex or concave with reference to its width: a tile whose cross-section forms a double curve, forming a tegula and imbrex both in one.—adj. dissenting—chapels being often roofed with these.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Patagium, pat-ā-jī′um, n. the wing-membrane of a bat, &c.: the parachute of a flying squirrel, &c.: the fold of integument between the upper arm and the forearm of a bird: one of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects—the tegula.

From Project Gutenberg

He lived to an advanced age, but was oppressed by extreme poverty, and afflicted with a painful disease, as seems to be implied in the lines of his friend Furius Bibaculus, preserved in the treatise De Illustribus Grammaticis:— “Quem tres calculi, et selibra farris, Racemi duo, tegula sub unâ, Ad summam prope nutriunt senectam429.”

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