Gutta

noun

1. One of a series of small ornaments in the shape of truncated cones used on a Doric entablature.
2. A drop, as of liquid medicine.
3. A drop; specifically, in architecture, one of a series of pendent ornaments, generally in the form of the frustum of a cone, but sometimes cylindrical, attached to the under side of the mutules and regulæ of the Doric entablature.
4. In pharmacy, a drop: usually, and in prescriptions, written gt., plural gtt.
5. In zoology, a small spot, generally of a round or oval form, and not differing much in shade from the ground-color, as if made by a drop of water; any small color-spot, especially when guttiform.