Angulus

See also: angulus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin angulus (“corner, angle”).

Proper noun

Angulus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tellinidae – various molluscs.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Venerida - order; Tellinoidea - superfamily; Tellinidae - family; Tellininae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Angulus lanceolatus - type species; for other species see Angulus at World Register of Marine Species

Derived terms

• Angulinides
• Bathyangulus
• Macomangulus
• Macromangulus
• Megangulus
• Semelangulus
• Tellinangulus

References

• Tellina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tellinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tellina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Angulus at World Register of Marine Species
• Angulus at the Catalogue of Life 
• Angulus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Angulus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaŋ.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaŋ.ɡu.lus]

Proper noun

Angulus m sg (genitive Angulī); second declension

1. A city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Angulus
genitive	Angulī
dative	Angulō
accusative	Angulum
ablative	Angulō
vocative	Angule
locative	Angulī

Derived terms

• Angulānus

References

• “Angulus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Angulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.