reniculus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reniculus.

Noun

reniculus (plural reniculi)

1. (anatomy, cetology) One of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.
   • 2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology‎^[1]:

     Each reniculus is like a small individual kidney with its own cortex, medulla, and calyx, and the duct from each small unit joins with others to form the ureter.

Latin

Etymology

rēn, rēnis +‎ -culus.

Noun

rēniculus m (genitive rēniculī); second declension

1. a little kidney

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rēniculus	rēniculī
genitive	rēniculī	rēniculōrum
dative	rēniculō	rēniculīs
accusative	rēniculum	rēniculōs
ablative	rēniculō	rēniculīs
vocative	rēnicule	rēniculī

Synonyms

• rēnunculus

Descendants

• → English: reniculus
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēniclus
  • Aromanian: arniclju, riniclju
  • Romanian: rinichi, rărunte
  • Gascon: arnelh
  • Sardinian: arrigu, errigu
  • >? Walloon: rino