CALIGULA

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 1

(Lat.), n. f. Ka2l(kasl)-i2g'u2(u4)-las. Dim. of caliga, a boot. Fr., calignle. Ger., Stiefel. Literally, a little boot; of Illiger, the skin covering the tarsus of birds. [L, 180.] [s. 29]