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Meaning of lirula | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A fungus of the genus Lirula, known to cause foliage diseases in conifers.
  2. A fine raised line on a mollusk shell.
  3. A tooth in the opercula of some bryozoans.

Examples

“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; […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

lirulæ lis lis pendens Lisa lisadimate Lisahally

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