partula

English

Etymology

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Particularly: “based on genus name; ? from Latin "partus" = "born" or "produced"; presumably coined by André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac, 1821”

Noun

partula (plural partulas)

Any of the Polynesian tree snails of the genus Partula, family Partulidae.