inductura

Latin

inductura (plural inducturae)

1. (anatomy) In gastropod anatomy, a secondary layer of lamellar shell, usually situated along the inner lip of the aperture of a shell, and in some shells extending beyond.

From indūcō (“draw over, cover”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.dʊkˈtuː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̪.d̪ukˈt̪uː.ra]

inductūra f (genitive inductūrae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a covering, coating

First-declension noun.

inductūra

1. inflection of inductūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

inductūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of inductūrus

• “inductura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inductura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.