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plural malae
(zootomy)
A single lobe of an insect's maxilla. examples
The grinding surface of an insect's mandible. examples
The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods. examples
plural of malum examples
plural malas or mala
(Hinduism, Sikhism) A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity. quotations examples
His words were like beads on the string of a mala, escaping his lips in small puffs of air.
2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 413