doris
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English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
doris
- A sea slug.
- 1858, The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, page 536:
- It is a doris, or sea-slug, and is about of the consistence of one of those slugs so destructive to our garden flowers, but is so much more beautiful than that creature, that, were he able to understand us, we should ask pardon for the comparison.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δῶρις (dôris).
Noun
dōris f (genitive dōridis); third declension
- A kind of bugloss
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dōris | dōridēs |
| genitive | dōridis | dōridum |
| dative | dōridī | dōridibus |
| accusative | dōridem | dōridēs |
| ablative | dōride | dōridibus |
| vocative | dōris | dōridēs |
References
- doris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.