phalaena

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

Pronunciation

Noun

phalaena f (genitive phalaenae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) a moth
    • 1717, Maria Sibylla Merian, Erucarum ortus: alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis in qua origo ...:
      [...] nec non tempus, locus proprietates erucqrum vermium papilionum, phalaenarum, muscarum, aliorumque [...]
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    • 1828, Thomas Horsfield, Part I.II. of a Descriptive Catalogue Of The Lepidopterous Insects:
      Fam. A (Papilionum) Larva Tortriciformis; Larva nonnullis Phalaenarum larvis persimilis; subnuda; [...] Chrysalis similis phalaenarum pupis.
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Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative phalaena phalaenae
genitive phalaenae phalaenārum
dative phalaenae phalaenīs
accusative phalaenam phalaenās
ablative phalaenā phalaenīs
vocative phalaena phalaenae
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