torulus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin torulus

Noun[edit]

torulus (plural toruli)

  1. (zoology) The socket of an antenna.

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Diminutive of torus.

Noun[edit]

torulus m (genitive torulī); second declension

  1. a bulge, swelling, small elevation
  2. a tuft of hair
  3. a muscle
  4. sapwood

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative torulus torulī
Genitive torulī torulōrum
Dative torulō torulīs
Accusative torulum torulōs
Ablative torulō torulīs
Vocative torule torulī

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: tuorlo

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