mactra
See also: Mactra
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name.
Noun
editmactra (plural mactras)
- Any marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, for example the European clam Mactra stultorum.
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “mactra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editLate Latin gloss of Ancient Greek μάκτρα (máktra, “kneading trough”).
Noun
editmactra f (genitive mactrae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mactra | mactrae |
Genitive | mactrae | mactrārum |
Dative | mactrae | mactrīs |
Accusative | mactram | mactrās |
Ablative | mactrā | mactrīs |
Vocative | mactra | mactrae |
References
edit- “mactra”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011