I. lüˈsīnə noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Lucina, Roman goddess of childbirth
archaic : midwife
II. noun
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin Lucina, Roman goddess of childbirth
1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Lucinidae) of chiefly tropical edible bivalve mollusks having a white orbicular shell and a very long cylindrical foot that is sometimes placed with related forms in a superfamily (Lucinacea) of the order Eulamellibranchia
2. -s : any mollusk of the genus Lucina
• lu·cine ˈlüˌsīn, -_sə̇n noun -s
• lu·ci·noid ˈlüsəˌnȯid adjective