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Webster 1913 Edition
Scalaria
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Sca-la′ri-a
,Noun.
[L., flight of steps.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus
Scalaria
, or family Scalaridae
, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell
, and wentletrap
. See Ptenoglossa
, and Wentletrap
. Definition 2024
scalaria
scalaria
See also: Scalaria
Latin
Adjective
scālāria
- nominative neuter plural of scālāris
- accusative neuter plural of scālāris
- vocative neuter plural of scālāris
References
- scalaria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- SCALARIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scalaria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.