Clues for the word "PATELLA"
We've had 28 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 74 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on January 16, 2025.
Definition of patella
- n. - A small dish, pan, or vase.
- n. - The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
- n. - A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
- n. - A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
Referring Clues
- Femur neighbor
- Anatomical cap
- Cap not found on one's caput
- Kneecap
- Literally, "little pan"
- 7 Down bone
- It's knee-high
- Literally, "little pan"
- Part of 43-Across
- 61-Across bone
- Crowbar-wielding enforcer's target, maybe
- Cap treated by an orthopedist
- Human bone that whales lack
- Cap-shaped bone
- Gently strike a girl – on the knee
- Kneecap of one girl seen by another
- Knee bone
- One bone between two people
- Caress a girl on the knee
- One on a bender, diminutive Irishman?
- All over after Head was found on one knee
- Head has two students with a small bone
- Knee-cap
- Bone specialist finally placed in dish
- Cap given with approval to Fitzgerald
- Bone in halibut's tail spoiling Spanish dish
- Bone in the leg
- Bone in the 46-Across
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - January 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 27, 2024
- Mirror Mini - November 27, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 25, 2024
- Daily American - July 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 20, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 11, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 27, 2023
- Mirror Mini - November 27, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 28, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - June 20, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 28, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - December 27, 2022
- Mirror Mini - November 27, 2022
- Daily Quick - October 25, 2022
- Daily American - July 20, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - December 27, 2017
- Daily Quick - August 28, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - June 20, 2017
- Daily Quick - May 28, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 31, 2017
- Guardian Prize - October 08, 2016
- Netword - August 04, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 28, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 22, 2016
- Guardian Quick - March 10, 2016
- Universal - February 26, 2016
- Netword - February 06, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 16, 2015
- And in 44 more crossword puzzles...