Pl. lobuli. [mod.L., dim. of lobus LOBE.] A small lobe, lobule.
1731. Arbuthnot, Nat. Aliments (1735), 28. A great number of those Air-Bladders form what we call Lobuli, which hang upon the Bronchia, like Bunches of Grapes upon a stalk.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. xl. 117. The result of the approximation of polygonous lobuli.
1842. E. Wilson, Anat. Vade M. (ed. 2), 461. The lower dependent and fleshy portion of the pinna is the lobulus.