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cupola /cu·po·la/ (koo´pah-lah) cupula.
cu·po·la (kyp-l)
n.
A cup-shaped or domelike structure.
cupola.
See cupula.
cupula [ku´pu-lah] (pl. cu´pulae) (L.)
a small, inverted cup or dome-shaped cap over a structure.
cupola
cupula.
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