brevicaudus
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Blarina brevicauda, Northern short-tailed shrew
Latin
Etymology
New Latin; from brevis (“short”) + cauda (“tail”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bre.u̯iˈkau̯.dus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bre.viˈkau̯.dus/,
Adjective
brevicaudus (feminine brevicauda, neuter brevicaudum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) short-tailed
- Synonym: brachyūrus
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | brevicaudus | brevicauda | brevicaudum | brevicaudī | brevicaudae | brevicauda | |
| Genitive | brevicaudī | brevicaudae | brevicaudī | brevicaudōrum | brevicaudārum | brevicaudōrum | |
| Dative | brevicaudō | brevicaudō | brevicaudīs | ||||
| Accusative | brevicaudum | brevicaudam | brevicaudum | brevicaudōs | brevicaudās | brevicauda | |
| Ablative | brevicaudō | brevicaudā | brevicaudō | brevicaudīs | |||
| Vocative | brevicaude | brevicauda | brevicaudum | brevicaudī | brevicaudae | brevicauda | |