mactra

See also: Mactra

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mactra (plural mactras)

Any marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe.

Synonyms

surf clam

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mactra in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

amtrac, ram-cat, tarmac

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin gloss of Ancient Greek μάκτρα (máktra, “kneading trough”).

Noun

mactra f (genitive mactrae); first declension

(Late Latin) A kneading trough

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mactra	mactrae
Genitive	mactrae	mactrārum
Dative	mactrae	mactrīs
Accusative	mactram	mactrās
Ablative	mactrā	mactrīs
Vocative	mactra	mactrae

References

mactra - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.

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