Borrowed fromLatinaxilla(“side, armpit”).Doublet ofaxil.

• IPA^(key): /ækˈsɪlə/

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• Rhymes:-ɪlə

axilla (pluralaxillasoraxillae)

1. Thearmpit, or thecavity beneath the junction of thearm andshoulder.
2. (entomology) The area that is located posterior to thetransscutalarticulation and anterior to thescutoscutellarsuture.
3. (botany, uncommon)Alternative form ofaxil.

• ascella(Late and Vulgar Latin)

Diminutive form ofāla(“wing”) (from its earlier form*axla). Compare with similarly formedmāla -māxilla.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [aːkˈsɪl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [akˈsil.la]

āxilla f (genitiveāxillae);first declension

1. littlewing
2. axilla,armpit

First-declension noun.

• “axilla”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “axilla”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Hymenoptera Anatomy Consortium.http://api.hymao.org/public/ontology_class/show_expanded/883 Accessed on Aug 26, 2024.
• “axilla”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1848),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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