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retinaculum

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CIDE DICTIONARY
retinaculum, n. [L., a holdfast, a band. See Retain.].
  •  A connecting band; a frænum; as, the retinacula of the ileocæcal and ileocolic valves.  [1913 Webster]
  •  One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.  [1913 Webster]
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