reniculus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reniculus.

Noun

reniculus (plural reniculi)

  1. (anatomy, cetology) One of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.
    • 2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology:
      Each reniculus is like a small individual kidney with its own cortex, medulla, and calyx, and the duct from each small unit joins with others to form the ureter.

Latin

Etymology

rēn, rēnis + -culus.

Noun

rēniculus m (genitive rēniculī); second declension

  1. a little kidney[1]

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēniculus rēniculī
Genitive rēniculī rēniculōrum
Dative rēniculō rēniculīs
Accusative rēniculum rēniculōs
Ablative rēniculō rēniculīs
Vocative rēnicule rēniculī

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: reniculus
  • Vulgar Latin: *rēniclus

References

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