bulla

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The store sold everyday goods and featured a large brick oven that was used to make its famous bulla cakes, flavorful flat pastries made with flour, ginger and molasses.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2021

In ancient times, a seal stamp, or bulla, was used to authenticate documents or items.

From Fox News • Apr. 1, 2019

Remarks.—N. a. subsolana is characterized by the combination of small size, dark color, small auditory bulla and relatively broad braincase.

From A New Species of Wood Rat (Neotoma) from Northeastern Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul

It is not dilated into a distinct bulla, but ends in front in a pointed rod-like process.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

G to G' Depth of cranium.—The distance from the dorsalmost part of the braincase to a flat plane touching tips of incisors and ventral border of each auditory bulla.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.