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Latin  A  The Cin·Gu·Lum Noun Plural  New Girdle

Title Cinegulum
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
cin·gu·lum
 \\ˈsiŋ-gyə-ləm\\ noun 
(plural cin·gu·la  \\-lə\\)
 ETYMOLOGY  New Latin, from Latin, girdle, from cingere to gird — more at 
cincture
 DATE  1845
: an anatomical band or encircling ridge
• cin·gu·late  \\-lət\\ adjective
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
cin·gu·lum
\ˈsiŋgyələm\ noun
(plural cingu·la \-lə\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, girdle, from cingere to gird — more at 
cincture

1. : a ridge about the base of the crown of a tooth
2. : the clitellum of an annelid
3. : a tract of association fibers running chiefly in the substance of and connecting the callosal and hippocampal convolutions of the brain
4. : a band of color or raised spiral line (as on certain gastropod shells)
5. : the outer zone of cilia on the disk of certain rotifers
6. : the girdle of a diatom

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