fenestella

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Fenestella, fen-es-tel′a, n. a niche on the south side of an altar, containing the piscina, and sometimes the credence: a genus of Polyzoa, like the recent 'lace coral,' very common in Pal�ozoic rocks.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Quidam captum esse existumant: quod fieri nullo modo potuisse Fenestella docet, cum inter finem secundi Punici belli et initium tertii et natus sit et mortuus.’

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Fenestella says he saw one of them, then very old, and often heard her speak of the time and repeat the story with pleasure.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

In this remarkable type, the colony consists of a succession of funnel-shaped fronds, essentially similar to Fenestella in their structure, springing in a continuous spiral from a strong screw-like vertical axis.

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne

These prologues were among the original sources of Suetonius: but he quotes or refers to the works of various grammarians and antiquarians—Porcius Licinus, Volcatius Sedigitus, Santra, Nepos, Fenestella, Q. Cosconius—as his authorities.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.