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English
Etymology
From Latin haustrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
haustrum (plural haustra or haustrae)
- (anatomy) Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From hauriō (“draw, drain”) + -trum.
Pronunciation
Noun
haustrum n (genitive haustrī); second declension
- A tool for drawing water; scoop, bucket.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “haustrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- haustrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.