spondyle

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English spondile, spondyle, from Latin spondylus, from Ancient Greek σφόνδῠλος (sphóndulos, vertebra).

Noun

spondyle (plural spondyles)

  1. (archaic, anatomy) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.

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French

Etymology

From Latin spondylus (vertebra; mussel).

Pronunciation

Noun

spondyle f (plural spondyles)

  1. spiny oyster, thorny oyster (mollusc of the genus Spondylus)
  2. spondyle (vertebra)

Further reading

Latin

Noun

spondyle

  1. vocative singular of spondylus

References

  • spondyle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spondyle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.