forming:
1
- ancient or Latinized modern names of animals and plants构成动植物的古名或拉丁化的现代名：
primula.
2
- names of oxides构成氧化物名：
baryta.
3
- geographical names构成地理名称：
Africa.
4
- ancient or Latinized modern feminine forenames构成古代女子名或拉丁化的现代女子名：
Lydia.
5
- nouns from Italian, Portuguese and Spanish构成来自意大利语、葡萄牙语和西班牙语的名词：
duenna
stanza.
词源
representing a Greek, Latin, or Romance feminine singular.
forming plural nouns［构成复数名词］
1
- from Greek or Latin neuter plurals corresponding to a singular in -um or -on (such as addenda, phenomena)［构成来自希腊语或拉丁语的由-um 或-on 结尾的名词的中性复数形式］。
2
- in names (often from modern Latin) of zoological groups［构成多源出现代拉丁语的动物组群名称的复数形式］：
Protista
Insectivora.