LITHOPHAGA LITHOPHAGA

Meaning of LITHOPHAGA LITHOPHAGA in English

date shell

Animal names in Latin and English dict. Словарь названий животных в латинском и английском . 2012

LITHOPHAGA — lə̇ˈthäfəgə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from lith- + -phaga : a genus of elongated bivalve mollusks (family Mytilidae) …
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STONE BORER — noun : an animal that bores stones ; especially : any of various mollusks of the genus Lithophaga
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SEA DATE — noun : any of various bivalves of the genus Lithophaga somewhat resembling dates in shape : date mussel
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ROCK BORER — noun : any of several marine bivalve mollusks (as various members of the genera Petricola, Pholas, and Lithophaga ) that …
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LITHODOMUS — -məs Etymology: New Latin, from Greek lithodomos mason, from lith- + -domos (from demein to build) — more at timber …
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DATE MUSSEL — noun also date shell Etymology: date (I) ; from its shape and color : a rock-boring bivalve mollusk of the …
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BORER — ˈbōrə(r), ˈbȯr- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from boren to bore + -er, -ere -er, from Old English …
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DATE MUSSEL — any brown, date-sized marine mussel, genus Lithophaga, that bores into rock or coral.
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