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septa

noun

Meaning

  1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition
  2. A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
  3. A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
  4. One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
  5. One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
  6. One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
  7. A nose piercing that goes through the nasal septum.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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