What does phalaena mean in Latin?

phalaena, a noun, means “a moth”.

What is the genitive of phalaena?

The genitive singular is phalaenae. phalaena is feminine, first declension.

In classical Latin, [pʰaˈɫae̯.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [faˈlɛː.na].

noun · femininefirst declension

phalaena f (genitive phalaenae)

Classical[pʰaˈɫae̯.na]Ecclesiastical[faˈlɛː.na]

New Latinfemininea moth
[...] nec non tempus, locus proprietates erucqrum vermium papilionum, phalaenarum, muscarum, aliorumque [...]1717, Maria Sibylla Merian, Erucarum ortus: alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis in qua origo ...:
Fam. A (Papilionum) Larva Tortriciformis; Larva nonnullis Phalaenarum larvis persimilis; subnuda; [...] Chrysalis similis phalaenarum pupis.1828, Thomas Horsfield, Part I.II.^([sic]) of a Descriptive Catalogue Of The Lepidopterous Insects:

From Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

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