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English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
inductura (plural inducturae)
- (anatomy) In gastropod anatomy, a secondary layer of lamellar shell, usually situated along the inner lip of the aperture of a shell, and in some shells extending beyond.
Latin
Etymology
From indūcō (“draw over, cover”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
inductūra f (genitive inductūrae); first declension
- (Late Latin) a covering, coating
Declension
First-declension noun.
Participle
inductūra
- inflection of inductūrus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
inductūrā
- ablative feminine singular of inductūrus
References
- “inductura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inductura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.