reticula

Multiple Entries:
  reticula    reticulum  

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reticula/rɪˈtɪkjʊlə(r)/

plural form of reticulum.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reticulum /rɪˈtɪkjʊləm/

▶noun (pl. reticula /-lə/)

• 1 a fine network or net-like structure.

• 2 Zoology the second stomach of a ruminant, having a honeycomb-like structure, receiving food from the rumen and passing it to the omasum.

– derivatives
reticular adjective.

– origin C17 (earlier (C16) as reticular): from L., dimin. of rete ‘net’.