tipula

See also Tipula

English

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Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

tipula (plural tipulas or tipulae)

1. Any of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera; a crane fly.

Translations

crane fly — see crane fly

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Finnish

Etymology

tipu (“chick”) +‎ -la

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧pu‧la
• IPA: /ˈtipulɑ/

Noun

tipula

1. (informal) girls' school

Declension

Declension of tipula (type kulkija) singular plural nominative tipula tipulat genitive tipulan tipuloiden tipuloitten tipulain1 partitive tipulaa tipuloita accusative tipula tipulan tipulat inessive tipulassa tipuloissa elative tipulasta tipuloista illative tipulaan tipuloihin adessive tipulalla tipuloilla ablative tipulalta tipuloilta allative tipulalle tipuloille essive tipulana tipuloina translative tipulaksi tipuloiksi instructive – tipuloin abessive tipulatta tipuloitta comitative – tipuloineen 1) Rare.

Usage notes

Often with capital initial letter when referring to a certain girls' school.

Synonyms

• tyttökoulu

Anagrams

• tapuli
• (inflected forms): liputa, pulita, puilta

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Italian

Noun

tipula f (plural tipule)

1. crane fly (of family Tipulidae)