Wulst

== English == === Alternative forms === wulst === Etymology === From German Wulst (“bulge”). === Noun === Wulst (plural Wulsts) (ornithology) An enlarged part of the avian brain that is involved in vision; the hyperpallium. === Anagrams === WUSTL == German == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vʊlst/ === Noun === Wulst m (strong, genitive Wulstes or Wulsts, plural Wülste or Wulste, diminutive Wülstchen n or Wülstlein n) or Wulst f (genitive Wulst, plural Wülste or Wulste) oblong bulge wreath, garland (architecture) torus ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== wulsten wulstig === Further reading === “Wulst” in Duden online “Wulst”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Wulst” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.