breˈkīd.ēz, -īˌtēz noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek brechein to wet, get wet, to rain + Latin -ites -ite; akin to Russian morgota fog, heavy air, Latvian merguot to drizzle
: a genus of marine bivalve mollusks (suborder Anatinacea) — see watering-pot shell