papula

[ pap-yuh-luh ]

noun

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

1. one of the small, ciliated projections of the body wall of an echinoderm, serving for respiration and excretion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of papula¹

1700–10; < New Latin, Latin: pimple, pustule. See papule

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