reniculus

Borrowed from Latin reniculus.

reniculus (plural reniculi)

1. (anatomy, cetology) One of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.
   • 2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology‎:

     Each reniculus is like a small individual kidney with its own cortex, medulla, and calyx, and the duct from each small unit joins with others to form the ureter.

rēn, rēnis +‎ -culus.

rēniculus m (genitive rēniculī); second declension

1. a little kidney[1]

Second declension.

• rēnunculus

• → English: reniculus
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēniclus
  • Eastern Romance:
    • Aromanian: arniclju, riniclju
    • Romanian: rinichi
  • Old Occitan:
    • Occitan: arnelh
  • Sardinian: arrigu, errigu