lirula

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noun

A fungus of the genus Lirula, known to cause foliage diseases in conifers.

OriginLatin lirula →
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Meanings

nounlirula (plural lirulas or lirulae)

plural lirulas · plural lirulae

  1. A fungus of the genus Lirula, known to cause foliage diseases in conifers.
  2. biologyA fine raised line on a mollusk shell.
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    314. Seila assimilata C. B. Adams. Plate IV, Fig. 8 Cerithiopsis assimilata C. B. Ad., […] Shell small, thin, turreted; nuclear whorls sinistral; whorls ten, ornamented with three prominent, sharp, equal, equidistant, raised spiral lines; interspaces between ridges crossed by numerous fine lirulas; suture indistinct; […]

    1903, Ralph Arnold, The Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California, page 290
  3. biologyA tooth in the opercula of some bryozoans.

Origin

  1. Latinlirula
  2. Englishlirula

From Latin lirula, from lira (“ridge of soil between furrows”) + -ulus (“diminutive suffix”).

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APA

lirula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lirula

MLA

“lirula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lirula. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lirula,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lirula.

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