molinae

Translingual

Etymology

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Molina.

Adjective

molinae

1. Molina (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Molina's ..."

Latin

Adjective

molīnae

1. inflection of molīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine plural
   2. genitive/dative feminine singular

References

• “molinae”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press