spirula

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See also: Spirula and spirulą

English

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Etymology

Diminutive of Latin spira (“a coil”)

Noun

spirula (plural spirulas)

  1. Any mollusk of the cephalopod genus Spirula, of which Spirula spirula is the only extant species.

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Polish

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Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from Latin spīra.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiˈru.la/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: spi‧ru‧la

Noun

spirula f

  1. spirula

Declension

Declension of spirula
singular plural
nominative spirula spirule
genitive spiruli spirul
dative spiruli spirulom
accusative spirulę spirule
instrumental spirulą spirulami
locative spiruli spirulach
vocative spirulo spirule

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “spirula”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Further reading

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