different between oxea vs oxes

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (oxé?). Either from the Ionic form of Attic ????? (oxeîa), (a feminine form of ????? (oxús, “sharp”) applied to ??????? (rhábdos, “wand; shaft”)) or a variant of ????? (oxú?), ????? (oxú?, “beech; spear-shaft”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ks??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ksi.?/
• Homophone: oxia

Noun

oxea (plural oxea or oxeas or oxeae)

1. (zoology, of sponges (Porifera)) a monoaxial spicule which is pointed at both ends

Usage notes

• The Oxford English Dictionary lists only the plural oxea, but other sources list the plurals oxeae (by analogy to Latin feminine nouns such as alumna ~ alumnae) or oxeas (by generalization to standard English pluralization).

Antonyms

• (pointed spicule): strongyle

Derived terms

• oxeate

References

Spanish

Verb

oxea

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of oxear.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of oxear.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of oxear.

English

Noun

oxes

1. (nonstandard) plural of ox

Swedish

Noun

oxes

1. indefinite genitive singular of oxe