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patella
 
Noun patella has 2 senses
  1. patella, kneecap, kneepan - a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
    --1 is a kind of sesamoid bone, os sesamoideum
    --1 is a part of knee, knee joint, articulatio genus, genu
  2. Patella, genus Patella - type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets
    --2 is a kind of mollusk genus
    --2 is a member of Patellidae, family Patellidae
    --2 has members: common limpet, Patella vulgata
pate a choux pate de foie pate de foie gras pate feuillete pate seeger pateince patel patelian patella patella vulgata patellar patellar reflex patellidae paten patence patency patent-pending

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