melanogaster
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English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
melanogaster (plural melanogasters)
- Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
Translations
fungus of the genus Melanogaster
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”) + γᾰστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.la.noˈɡas.ter/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.la.noˈɡas.ter/,
Adjective
melanogaster (feminine melanogastra, neuter melanogastrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Usage notes
- Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | melanogaster | melanogastra | melanogastrum | melanogastrī | melanogastrae | melanogastra | |
| Genitive | melanogastrī | melanogastrae | melanogastrī | melanogastrōrum | melanogastrārum | melanogastrōrum | |
| Dative | melanogastrō | melanogastrō | melanogastrīs | ||||
| Accusative | melanogastrum | melanogastram | melanogastrum | melanogastrōs | melanogastrās | melanogastra | |
| Ablative | melanogastrō | melanogastrā | melanogastrō | melanogastrīs | |||
| Vocative | melanogaster | melanogastra | melanogastrum | melanogastrī | melanogastrae | melanogastra | |