Luria

Translingual

Luria lurida

Etymology

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Proper noun

Luria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cypraeidae – certain sea snails.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Littorinimorpha - order; Cypraeoidea - superfamily; Cypraeidae - family; Lurinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Luria lurida - type species; Luria cinerea, Luria controversa, Luria gilvella, Luria isabella, Luria pulchra - other species

References

• Luria (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cypraeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Luria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Variant of Loria.

Proper noun

Luria (plural Lurias)

1. A surname from Hebrew.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Luria is the 40313^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 543 individuals. Luria is most common among White (82.87%) and Hispanic/Latino (16.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Luria”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 476.

Italian

Proper noun

Luria m or f by sense

1. a surname

   Salvatore Luria, Italian microbiologist, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Anagrams

• Urali, lauri, ulirà, urlai