bulla

Example Sentences

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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

A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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

Occiput less inclined anterodorsally; top nearly flat, less arched than that of G. b. industrius; auditory bulla averaging slightly larger and less inflated.

From Subspeciation in Pocket Gophers of Kansas, [KU. Vol. 1 No. 11] by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)