"strigula" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: strigulas [plural], strigulae [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin striga Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin strigulabor. English strigula Borrowed from Latin strigula (“a little line, an etch”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:strigula<t:a little line, an etch><id:line><ety:af<striga<id:line>><-ulus>>|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin striga Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin strigulabor. English strigula [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "line", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "line", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "striga", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "strigula", "gloss" : "a little line, an etch", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "strigula", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="strigula"> Borrowed from Latin strigula (“a little line, an etch”). Head templates: {{en-noun|+|strigulae}} strigula (plural strigulas or strigulae)
  1. (chiefly taxonomy and biology) Any line or line-shaped pattern.

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