Fenestella

See also: fenestella

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin fenestella (“small window”).

Proper noun

Fenestella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fenestellidae – extinct bryozoans forming fan-shaped colonies with a netted appearance.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Fenestellaceae – certain fungi.
3. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Anomiidae – certain molluscs, now Anomia.

Hypernyms

• (fungus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pezizomycotina - subphylum; Dothideomycetes - class; Pleosporomycetidae - subclass; Pleosporales - order; Fenestellaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (bryozoan): See Bryozoa.net
• (fungus): Fenestella princeps - type species; for other species see Fenestella at MycoBank

References

• “Fenestella”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

bryozoans

• Fenestella (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fenestrida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Fenestella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Fenestella at World Register of Marine Species
• Fenestella at Paleobiology Database

fungi

• Fenestella at MycoBank

molluscs

• Fenestella at World Register of Marine Species

Latin

Etymology

From fenestella (“small window”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fe.nesˈtel.la/, [fɛnɛs̠ˈt̪ɛlːʲä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.nesˈtel.la/, [fenesˈt̪ɛlːä]

Proper noun

Fenestella m sg (genitive Fenestellae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Fenestella, a Roman historian

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fenestella
Genitive	Fenestellae
Dative	Fenestellae
Accusative	Fenestellam
Ablative	Fenestellā
Vocative	Fenestella

References

• “Fenestella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Fenestella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Fenestella”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray