Etymology

floscularian

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Today it means: Any of the rotifers of the genus Floscularia. Full definition →

Latin flosculus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromflosculus“a floweret”
  2. English todayfloscularian

From Latin flosculus (“a floweret”).

Words from the same roots

Latinflosculus all →

floscule

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