||Pap"u*la (?), n.; pl.
Papulæ (#). [L.]
1. (Med.) A pimple; a small, usually
conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated
secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.
Quain.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the numerous
small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of
starfishes.