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distorsio

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English

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Noun

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distorsio (plural distorsios)

  1. (zoology) A mollusk of the genus Distorsio, or its shell.
    • 1998, Jackie Leatherbury Douglass, Peterson First Guide to Shells of North America[1], page 26:
      Distorsios, which also belong to this group, have many fierce-looking teeth and a smaller operculum.
    • 2002, Don Philpott, Florida: Gulf Coast[2], page 16:
      Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long.
    • 2004, Susan B. Rothschild, Beachcomber's Guide to Gulf Coast Marine Life[3]:
      The Atlantic distorsio, Distorsio clathrata (Figure 3.27), lives on sandy bottoms from just beyond the surf zone to a depth of about 60 m.

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English distortion)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdistorsio/, [ˈdis̠to̞rˌs̠io̞]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation(key): dis‧tor‧sio

Noun

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distorsio

  1. (medicine) distortion, sprain

Declension

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Inflection of distorsio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative distorsio distorsiot
genitive distorsion distorsioiden
distorsioitten
partitive distorsiota distorsioita
illative distorsioon distorsioihin
singular plural
nominative distorsio distorsiot
accusative nom. distorsio distorsiot
gen. distorsion
genitive distorsion distorsioiden
distorsioitten
partitive distorsiota distorsioita
inessive distorsiossa distorsioissa
elative distorsiosta distorsioista
illative distorsioon distorsioihin
adessive distorsiolla distorsioilla
ablative distorsiolta distorsioilta
allative distorsiolle distorsioille
essive distorsiona distorsioina
translative distorsioksi distorsioiksi
abessive distorsiotta distorsioitta
instructive distorsioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of distorsio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

Synonyms

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