spondyle
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English spondile, spondyle, from Latin spondylus, from Ancient Greek σφόνδῠλος (sphóndulos, “vertebra”).
Noun[edit]
spondyle (plural spondyles)
Translations[edit]
joint of the backbone — see vertebra
References[edit]
- “spondyle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin spondylus (“vertebra; mussel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spondyle f (plural spondyles)
- spiny oyster, thorny oyster (mollusc of the genus Spondylus)
- spondyle (vertebra)
Further reading[edit]
- “spondyle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
spondyle
References[edit]
- “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.
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