tə̇ˈlīnə, -lēnə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek tellinē, a shellfish
1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Tellinidae) of marine bivalve mollusks having the siphons long and separate, the foot and labial palpi very large, and the shell thin, delicate, and often showily colored
2. -s : any mollusk of the genus Tellina : sunset shell