inductura

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

inductura (plural inducturae)

  1. (anatomy) In gastropod anatomy, a secondary layer of lamellar shell, usually situated along the inner lip of the aperture of a shell, and in some shells extending beyond.

Latin

Etymology

From indūcō (“draw over, cover”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

inductūra f (genitive inductūrae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) a covering, coating

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative inductūra inductūrae
Genitive inductūrae inductūrārum
Dative inductūrae inductūrīs
Accusative inductūram inductūrās
Ablative inductūrā inductūrīs
Vocative inductūra inductūrae

Participle

inductūra

  1. inflection of inductūrus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

inductūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of inductūrus

References
  • “inductura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inductura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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