LITHODOMUS

Meaning of LITHODOMUS in English

noun a genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, ·etc. called also lithophagus.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

LITHODOMUS — -məs Etymology: New Latin, from Greek lithodomos mason, from lith- + -domos (from demein to build) — more at timber …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LITHODOMUS — (n.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for …
Английский словарь Webster
LITHODOMUS — ( n. ) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SAXICAVOUS — (a.) Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. …
Английский словарь Webster
LITHOPHAGOUS — (a.) Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain …
Английский словарь Webster
LITHODOMOUS — (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.
Английский словарь Webster
LITHODOME — (n.) Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species …
Английский словарь Webster
BORER — (n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances.
Английский словарь Webster
SAXICAVOUS — ( a. ) Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LITHOPHAGOUS — ( a. ) Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LITHODOMOUS — ( a. ) Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LITHODOME — ( n. ) Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BORER — ( n. ) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SAXICAVOUS — adj boring, or hollowing out, rocks; said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. …
Webster English vocab
LITHOPHAGOUS — adj eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich. 2. lithophagous ·adj eating or destroying stone; applied to …
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LITHODOMOUS — adj like, or pertaining to, lithodomus; lithophagous.
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LITHODOME — noun any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; ·esp., any species …
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BORER — noun the hagfish (myxine). 2. borer ·noun one that bores; an instrument for boring. 3. borer ·noun any bivalve mollusk …
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DATE-SHELL — зоол. скальный двустворчатый моллюск (зоология) скальный двустворчатый моллюск (Lithodomus gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DATE-SHELL — n зоол. скальный двустворчатый моллюск ( Lithodomus gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DATE-SHELL — n зоол. скальный двустворчатый моллюск ( Lithodomus gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DATE-SHELL — n зоол. скальный двустворчатый моллюск ( Lithodomus gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DATE-SHELL — зоол. скальный двустворчатый моллюск (зоология) скальный двустворчатый моллюск (Lithodomus gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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