inductura

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

inductura (plural inducturae)

1. (anatomy) In gastropod anatomy, a secondary layer of lamellar shell, usually situated along the inner lip of the aperture of a shell, and in some shells extending beyond.

Latin

Etymology

From indūcō (“draw over, cover”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.dukˈtuː.ra/, [ɪn̪d̪ʊkˈt̪uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.dukˈtu.ra/, [in̪d̪ukˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

inductūra f (genitive inductūrae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a covering, coating

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	inductūra	inductūrae
genitive	inductūrae	inductūrārum
dative	inductūrae	inductūrīs
accusative	inductūram	inductūrās
ablative	inductūrā	inductūrīs
vocative	inductūra	inductūrae

Participle

inductūra

1. inflection of inductūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

inductūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of inductūrus

References

• “inductura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inductura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.