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Paxillus
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Pax-il′lus
,Noun.
pl.
Paxilli
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. [L., a peg.]
(Zool.)
One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.
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paxillus
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English
Noun
paxillus (plural paxilli)
- (zoology) A kind of pillar-like spine with a flattened summit covered with minute spinules or granules, covering the surface of certain starfishes.
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive noun of pālus.
Noun
paxillus m (genitive paxillī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paxillus | paxillī |
| genitive | paxillī | paxillōrum |
| dative | paxillō | paxillīs |
| accusative | paxillum | paxillōs |
| ablative | paxillō | paxillīs |
| vocative | paxille | paxillī |
References
- paxillus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- PAXILLUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “paxillus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.