Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lirula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lir-u-la
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fungus of the genus Lirula, known to cause foliage diseases in conifers.

noun

A fine raised line on a mollusk shell.

noun

A tooth in the opercula of some bryozoans.

Example Sentences

"314. Seila assimilata C. B. Adams. Plate IV, Fig. 8 Cerithiopsis assimilata C. B. Ad., […] Shell small, thin, turreted; nuclear whorls sinistral; whorls ten, ornamented with three prominent, sharp, equal, equidistant, raised spiral lines; interspaces between ridges crossed by numerous fine lirulas; suture indistinct; […]"

Etymology

From Latin lirula, from lira (“ridge of soil between furrows”) + -ulus (“diminutive suffix”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lirula

Inflected Forms

lirulas (plural) lirulae (plural)

Questions

What does lirula mean?: A fungus of the genus Lirula, known to cause foliage diseases in conifers.
Where does lirula come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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