Rhombus

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Rhombus m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the order Pleuronectiformes – certain flatfish, now in Scophthalmus and other related genera.
2. Certain cone snails
   1. Synonym of Conidae
   2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Conidae – Conus (Stephanoconus).

• Rhombus at World Register of Marine Species (Scophthalmidae)
• cone snail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Conus (Rhombus) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Conus (Stephanoconus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rhombus at World Register of Marine Species (Conidae)

From Latin rhombus.

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Rhombus m (strong, genitive Rhombus, plural Rhomben)

1. rhombus, rhomb

   Synonym: Raute f

• Parallelogramm

• rhombisch
• Rhomboid

• → Estonian: romb

• “Rhombus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Rhombus” in Duden online

From rhombus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrʰɔm.bʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɔm.bus]

Rhombus m sg (genitive Rhombī); second declension

1. (astronomy) The star α Reticuli in the constellation Reticulum.^[1]

Second-declension noun, singular only.