doris

See also: Doris

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

doris

  1. A sea slug.
    • 1858, The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, page 536:
      It is a doris, or sea-slug, and is about of the consistence of one of those slugs so destructive to our garden flowers, but is so much more beautiful than that creature, that, were he able to understand us, we should ask pardon for the comparison.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῶρις (dôris).

Noun

dōris f (genitive dōridis); third declension

  1. A kind of bugloss

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dōris dōridēs
genitive dōridis dōridum
dative dōridī dōridibus
accusative dōridem dōridēs
ablative dōride dōridibus
vocative dōris dōridēs

References

  • doris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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