spirula
English
Etymology
Diminutive of Latin spira (“a coil”)
Noun
spirula (plural spirulas)
- Any mollusk of the cephalopod genus Spirula, of which Spirula spirula is the only extant species.
Synonyms
- (extant species): little post horn squid, ram's horn squid, tail-light squid
References
- Spirula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Spirula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Spirula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; ultimately from Latin spīra.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spiˈru.la/
- Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: spi‧ru‧la
Noun
spirula f
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
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “spirula”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Further reading
- spirula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “spirula”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 295