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vertebrates

English

Noun

vertebrates

  1. plural of vertebrate

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asteriscus

English

Noun

asteriscus (plural asterisci)

  1. (anatomy) One of the otoliths found in the lagena of many nonmammalian vertebrates.

Synonyms

  • asterisk
  • lagenolith

Further reading

  • asteriscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • scar tissue

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????????? (asterískos, little star), diminutive of ????? (ast?r, star).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /as.te?ri?s.kus/, [äs?t????i?s?k?s?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /as.te?ris.kus/, [?st????iskus]

Noun

aster?scus m (genitive aster?sc?); second declension

  1. a small star, an asterisk

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • asteriscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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