serrula

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serrula (“a little saw”).

Noun

serrula (plural serrulas or serrulae)

  1. (zoology) A kind of tooth found in spiders.
  2. (zoology) One of the serrated appendages of the throat of the mudfish.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

serra +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Noun

serrula f (genitive serrulae); first declension

  1. small saw

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative serrula serrulae
Genitive serrulae serrulārum
Dative serrulae serrulīs
Accusative serrulam serrulās
Ablative serrulā serrulīs
Vocative serrula serrulae

References

  • “serrula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “serrula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • serrula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • serrula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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