mactra
See also: Mactra
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
mactra (plural mactras)
- Any marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe.
Synonyms
- surf clam
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mactra in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- amtrac, ram-cat, tarmac
Latin
Etymology
Late Latin gloss of Ancient Greek μάκτρα (máktra, “kneading trough”).
Noun
mactra f (genitive mactrae); first declension
- (Late Latin) A kneading trough
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mactra | mactrae |
| Genitive | mactrae | mactrārum |
| Dative | mactrae | mactrīs |
| Accusative | mactram | mactrās |
| Ablative | mactrā | mactrīs |
| Vocative | mactra | mactrae |
References
- mactra - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.