Fenestella

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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin fenestella (small window).

Proper noun[edit]

Fenestella f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fenestellidae – extinct bryozoans forming fan-shaped colonies with a netted appearance.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Fenestellaceae – certain fungi.
  3. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Anomiidae – certain molluscs, now Anomia.

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References[edit]

bryozoans
fungi
molluscs

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fenestella (small window).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA(key): /fe.nesˈtel.la/, [fɛnɛs̠ˈt̪ɛlːʲä]

Proper noun[edit]

Fenestella m sg (genitive Fenestellae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Fenestella, a Roman historian

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Fenestella
Genitive Fenestellae
Dative Fenestellae
Accusative Fenestellam
Ablative Fenestellā
Vocative Fenestella

References[edit]

  • Fenestella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Fenestella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Fenestella”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray