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CAPITATE [3 records]

Record 1 2012-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The third bone in the distal row of the carpus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Le plus volumineux des os du carpe articulé en dehors avec le scaphoïde et le trapézoïde, en dedans avec l'os crochu, en haut avec le semi-lunaire, et en bas avec les deuxième, troisième et quatrième métacarpiens.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
DEF

Shaped like a head; collected into a head or a dense cluster, terminated by a bulbous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
OBS

En tête arrondie.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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