Translingual

Angulus tenuis

Proper noun

Angulus m

1. A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Tellina – various molluscs formerly constituting a genus.

Synonyms

• (subgenus): Tellina (Angelus)

Hypernyms

• (subgenus): Animalia - kingdom; Mollusca - phylum; Bivalvia - class; Heterodonta - subclass; Veneroida - order; Tellinoidea - superfamily; Tellinidae - family; Tellininae - subfamily; Tellina - genus

Hyponyms

• (subgenus): Tellina lanceolata - type species; for other species see Angulus at World Register of Marine Species

Derived terms

• Macromangulus
• Megangulus
• Semelangulus
• Tellinangulus

English

Noun

angulus

1. (anatomy) An angle, a corner, such as the angular portion of the stomach between the lesser curvature and the pylorus.

Synonyms

• gastric angle

Translations

References

• angulus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• angulus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos ‎(“joint?”). Cognates include Sanskrit अङ्गुरि ‎(aṅgúri, “finger, toe”), Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος ‎(ankúlos, “crooked, curved”), Old High German enchil ‎(“ankle, joint”), Icelandic ekkja and Old Church Slavonic ѫгълъ ‎(ǫgŭlŭ, “angle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ɡu.lus/

Noun

angulus m ‎(genitive angulī); second declension

1. corner
2. angle

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• angulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• angulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ANGULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• angulus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly