Wulst

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Wulst (plural Wulsts)

1. (ornithology) An enlarged part of the avian brain that is involved in vision; the hyperpallium.

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From Middle High German wulst m, wulste f, from Old High German wulst m, wulsta f, from Proto-West Germanic *hwulfsti, from Proto-Germanic *hwulfstiz (“curvature, vaulting, bulge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”). Related to German wölben (“to curve, bend, arch”), English whelm (“to engulf”).

• IPA^(key): /vʊlst/

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Wulst m (strong, genitive Wulstes or Wulsts, plural Wülste or Wulste, diminutive Wülstchen n or Wülstlein n) or
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1. oblong bulge
2. wreath, garland
3. (architecture) torus

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• “Wulst” in Duden online
• “Wulst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wulst” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.