distorsio
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]distorsio (plural distorsios)
- (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.
Finnish
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]distorsio
Declension
[edit]Inflection of distorsio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Synonyms
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