Eulalia

See also: eulalia

Translingual

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Eulalia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllodocidae – certain polychaete worms.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Stratiomyidae – a synonym for the genus Odontomyia of flies.
Hypernyms

References
insect
see Odontomyia
worm
see Phyllodocidae

Etymology 2
Type species Eulalia aurea (Bory) Kunth.

Coined by Karl Sigismond Kunth (1788–1850) in 1829 in Révision des graminées, named after French botanical artist Eulalie Delile who illustrated his work.[1]

Proper noun

Eulalia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – tropical perennial grasses.
Hypernyms
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References
  1. Charles Sigismond Kunth (1829) Révision des graminées publiées dans les Nova genera et species plantarum de Humboldt et Bonpland; précéder d'un travail général sur la famille des graminées (in Latin), Paris, page 160: “Dixi hoc genus in honorem Eulaliæ Delile, cujus perito elegantique penicillo icones hujus operis ut et quorumdam aliorum debet botanice.”

Italian

Proper noun

Eulalia f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to the Spanish Eulalia.

Spanish

Etymology

Name of early Spanish saints, from Ancient Greek, cognate to English Eulalie.

Proper noun

Eulalia f

  1. A female given name.
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