Translingual

Navicula sp.

Proper noun

Navicula f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Naviculaceae – boat-shaped algae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Heterokonta - superphylum; Ochrophyta - phylum; Khakista - subphylum; Bacillariophyceae - class; Bacillariophycidae - subclass; Bacillariophycanae - superorder; Naviculales - order; Naviculaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): For species see list of Navicula species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

navicula ‎(plural naviculae)

1. (Christianity) A thurible in the shape of a boat.

See also

• nef

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of nāvis ‎(“ship”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /naːˈwi.ku.la/, [naːˈwɪ.kʊ.ɫa]

Noun

nāvicula f ‎(genitive nāviculae); first declension

1. a small ship

Inflection

First declension.

References

• navicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• navicula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• NAVICULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “navicula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.