Rotella

See also: rotella

Translingual

Proper noun

Rotella f

1. (obsolete, except in paleontology) A taxonomic genus within the family Trochidae – gastropod species, now distributed among genera Ethalia and Umbonium in family Trochidae, Teinostoma and Vitrinella in family Tornidae, and genus †Deianira.

References

• “Rotella”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Rotella at World Register of Marine Species
• Rotella at Paleobiology Database

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Rotella.

Proper noun

Rotella (plural Rotellas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rotella is the 14612^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2037 individuals. Rotella is most common among White (91.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rotella”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• reallot, tallero

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Rotella m or f by sense

1. a surname