spondyle

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English spondile, spondyle, from Latin spondylus, from Ancient Greek σφόνδῠλος (sphóndulos, vertebra).

Noun

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spondyle (plural spondyles)

  1. (archaic, anatomy) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.

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French

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Etymology

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From Latin spondylus (vertebra; mussel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spondyle f (plural spondyles)

  1. spiny oyster, thorny oyster (mollusc of the genus Spondylus)
  2. spondyle (vertebra)

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Latin

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Noun

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spondyle

  1. vocative singular of spondylus

References

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  • spondyle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spondyle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.