BUCCINIDAE

Meaning of BUCCINIDAE in English

ˌbəkˈsinəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Buccinum, type genus + -idae

: a family of marine gastropod mollusks (sub-order Stenoglossa) — see whelk

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

WHELK — Any marine snail of the family Buccinidae, or a snail having a similar shell; found worldwide. Some whelks are called …
Английский словарь Британика
WHELK — I. ˈhw]elk, ]eu̇k also ˈw]\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wilke, welke, whelke, from Old English weoloc, wioloc; …
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IVORY SHELL — noun : any of several tropical whelks (family Buccinidae) with ivory-white shells spotted and mottled with orange or brown or …
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BUSYCON — byüˈsīˌkän noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek bousykon, a large fig, from bous head of cattle + sykon …
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BUCCINUM — ˈbəksənəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin buccinum, bucinum trumpet, a shellfish, from buccina, bucina trumpet : a …
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BUCCINOID — (a.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata.
Английский словарь Webster
BUCCINOID — ( a. ) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHELK — whelk 1 /hwelk, welk/ , n. any of several large, spiral-shelled, marine gastropods of the family Buccinidae, esp. Buccinum undatum, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUCCINOID — adj resembling the genus buccinum, or pertaining to the buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. ·see whelk, and prosobranchiata.
Webster English vocab
WHELK — ~ 1 [ wɛlk ] ■ noun a predatory marine mollusc with a heavy pointed spiral shell. [Family Buccinidae.] Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHELK — Northern whelk (Buccinum undatum) any marine snail of the family Buccinidae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda), or a snail …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHELK — n. any predatory marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, esp. the edible kind of the genus Baccinum, having a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHELK — n. any predatory marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, esp. the edible kind of the genus Baccinum, having a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHELK — 1. n. any predatory marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, esp. the edible kind of the genus Baccinum, having …
Oxford English vocab
WHELK — n. Any marine snail of the family Buccinidae, or a snail having a similar shell; found worldwide. Some whelks are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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