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redshank (medicine)


redshank


1. <zoology> A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. Fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. The fieldfare.

2. A bare-legged person; a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.

Source: Websters Dictionary


rotula (iou)



rotula noun. . LME.
[Latin, dim. of rota wheel: see -ULE.]
Anatomy.
a. The kneecap, the patella. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
b. A disclike bony process, esp. the point of the elbow. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
A mechanical device showing the apparent motions and phases of the sun and moon. rare. M18.
Zoology. Each of five radial calcareous plates or pyramids which form the Aristotle's lantern in sea urchins. L19.
rotular adjective (Anatomy, now rare or obsolete) patellar E19.