onkiliero

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Finnish

Etymology

onki (angle) +‎ liero (earthworm)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoŋkiˌlie̯ro/,
  • Rhymes: -iero
  • Hyphenation(key): onki‧liero

Noun

onkiliero

  1. (zoology) red earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus (earthworm species)
  2. (colloquial) angleworm (any earthworm species used as bait)

Declension

Inflection of onkiliero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative onkiliero onkilierot
genitive onkilieron onkilierojen
partitive onkilieroa onkilieroja
illative onkilieroon onkilieroihin
singular plural
nominative onkiliero onkilierot
accusative nom. onkiliero onkilierot
gen. onkilieron
genitive onkilieron onkilierojen
partitive onkilieroa onkilieroja
inessive onkilierossa onkilieroissa
elative onkilierosta onkilieroista
illative onkilieroon onkilieroihin
adessive onkilierolla onkilieroilla
ablative onkilierolta onkilieroilta
allative onkilierolle onkilieroille
essive onkilierona onkilieroina
translative onkilieroksi onkilieroiksi
abessive onkilierotta onkilieroitta
instructive onkilieroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of onkiliero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

Synonyms

See also

For other earthworm species, see liero.

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