Lens

See also: lens, lēns, and Lëns

Translingual

Lens culinaris

Etymology

Latin lens (“a lentil bean”)

Proper noun

Lens f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the lentils.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Fabeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus):  - type species; Lens culinaris, ,  - other species

Further reading

• Lens (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Dutch

Proper noun

Lens

1. a surname

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃s/

• Audio (Paris):

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Proper noun

Lens m

1. A city in, and the capital of, the French department Pas-de-Calais.

Derived terms

• lensois
• Lensois

Anagrams

• SNLE