reticulum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Related terms 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin reticulum (“‘net’”).

[edit] Noun

reticulum (plural reticula)

1. A network
2. A pattern of interconnected objects.
3. (zoology): The second stomach in a cow or other ruminant

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• reticle
• reticulate
• reticulated
• reticulation

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Diminutive of rēte "net"

[edit] Noun

rēticulum (genitive rēticulī); n, second declension

1. a net
2. a fishnet
3. a hairnet
4. a network
5. a colander
6. an omentum
7. (later Latin): a reticle

[edit] Related terms

• rēte
• reticulatus
• retifex
• retineo

[edit] Descendants

• English: reticle