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English
Etymology
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Noun
doliolum (plural doliolums)
- A doliolid tunicate.
Latin
Etymology
dōlium (“cask”) + -olus
Pronunciation
Noun
dōliolum n (genitive dōliolī); second declension
- a small cask
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “doliolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “doliolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers