modiolar
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin modiolus, diminutive of modius (“the Roman corn measure”).
Adjective edit
modiolar (comparative more modiolar, superlative most modiolar)
- Shaped like a bushel measure
- (anatomy, not comparable) Related to the modiolus
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “modiolar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)