baculum

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bone found in the penis of some placental mammals.
    — Bacula can be straight rods, s-shaped curves, or even bizarre, flared scoops.
  2. A small rod-like structure found in spores and pollen.
    — The sexine usually consists of two main parts, a partially or wholly covering layer — the tectum (roof) and below that the rods or rod-like elements — the bacules (baculum, columella).

词形变化

baculums plural bacula plural

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin baculum (“stick, staff, sceptre, cudgel”).
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