lentula

len·tu·la

, lentulo (len'tyū-lă, -lō),
A motorized, flexible, spiral wire instrument used in dentistry to apply paste filling material into the root canal(s) of a tooth.
[L. lentus, pliant, flexible]
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Described from Mt Kilimanjaro by Karsch (1896) as Lentula modicicrus and recorded again by Sjostedt (1909) and as Usambilla modicicrus by Ramme (1929).
Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
The three investigated genera--Usambilla, Rhainopomma, and Altiusambilla--proved closely related to each other, while clearly separated from South African genera such as Karruia, Lentula and Eremidium.
New Lentulidae species from East Africa (Orthoptera: Saltatoria)
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