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Webster 1913 Edition

Avicula

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A-vic′u-la

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Noun.
[L., small bird.]
(Zool.)
A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; – so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.

Definition 2024

Avicula

Avicula

See also: avicula

Translingual

Pteria colymbus
Pinctada margaritifera

Proper noun

Avicula f

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Pteriidae – marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; the species of which are now in genera Pteria, Electroma, Pinctada.

avicula

avicula

See also: Avicula

Latin

Noun

avicula f ‎(genitive aviculae); first declension

  1. a small bird

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative avicula aviculae
genitive aviculae aviculārum
dative aviculae aviculīs
accusative aviculam aviculās
ablative aviculā aviculīs
vocative avicula aviculae

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Etymology

Latin avis ‎(“bird”) + -ula ‎(“diminutive”), so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird

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