Pa-tĕl'lă, n.

n. [Lat., a small pan, the knee-pan, diminutive of patina, patena, a pan, dish; Fr. patelle.]

1. A little dish, pan, or vase.
2. (Anat.) The knee-pan, or cap of the knee.
3. (Ichth.) A genus of gasteropodous univalve mollusks, the shell of which has nearly the shape of a shallow, conical dish; the limpet. Dana.