paxillus

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English

Etymology

From Latin paxillus (“peg”).

Noun

paxillus (plural paxilli)

  1. (zoology) A kind of pillar-like spine with a flattened summit covered with minute spinules or granules, covering the surface of certain starfishes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “paxillus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive noun of pālus.

Pronunciation

Noun

pāxillus m (genitive pāxillī); second declension

  1. peg, pin, small stake

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pāxillus pāxillī
Genitive pāxillī pāxillōrum
Dative pāxillō pāxillīs
Accusative pāxillum pāxillōs
Ablative pāxillō pāxillīs
Vocative pāxille pāxillī

Descendants

  • Old Catalan: pleixell
  • → Italian: pasillo
  • Bourguignon: paisseâ

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