Crena
crena cre·na (krē’nə)
n. pl. cre·nae (-nē)
Any of the notches into which the opposing projections fit in the cranial sutures.
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[kren-l-eyt] /ˈkrɛn lˌeɪt/ verb (used with object), crenelated, crenelating. 1. to furnish with or battlements. adjective 2. . v. early 14c., from French créneler, from crénelé (12c.); see crenel. Sometimes also crenellate; the double -l- seems to be from a presumed Latin *crenella as a diminutive of crena. Related: Crenelated (1823), also crenellated; crenellation (1849). […]