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Etymology
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Proper noun
Emerita f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hippidae – mole crabs or sand crabs.
Hyponyms
References
Latin
Etymology
From ēmeritus.
Proper noun
Ēmerita f sg (genitive Ēmeritae); first declension
- Short for Colonia Augusta Emerita. (an ancient Roman city, now Mérida, Spain)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Emerita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.