annulus
noun
a ring; a ringlike part, band, or space.
annuli
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pluralof annulus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As remarked, the prevalent number of annuli to a segment is three in the Rhynchobdellidae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
In the Gnathobdellidae the prevailing number of annuli to a segment is five; but here again the number is often increased, and Trocheta has no less than eleven.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
In some the general hue is orange brown with obscure annuli; the arrangement of the hair is distichous or in two rows.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
By which it appears, that the fingers on which annuli were anciently worn were directed by the calling, or peculiarity of the party.
From Thaumaturgia by An Oxonian
The ring distinguished the free-born from the servile, who, however, sometimes obtained the jus annuli, or privilege of the ring.
From Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
