See teredo on Wiktionary
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[
"terēdinibus",
"teredinibus#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "terēdō",
"links": [
[
"terēdō",
"teredo#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "terēdinēs",
"links": [
[
"terēdinēs",
"teredines#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "terēdō/terēdin<3>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "terēdō f (genitive terēdinis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "terēdō/terēdin<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa"
],
"glosses": [
"woodworm, boring-worm, wood-fretter"
],
"links": [
[
"woodworm",
"woodworm"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"moth"
],
"links": [
[
"moth",
"moth"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tɛˈreː.doː]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[teˈrɛː.do]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "teredo"
}
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