I. byüˈlīnəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, perhaps irregular from Latin bulla bubble + -inus -ine — more at poll (head)
: a genus (the type of the family Bulinidae) of small sinistral freshwater pulmonate snails including a number that are intermediate hosts of flukes of domestic animals
II. noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Bulimus
in some classifications : a genus coextensive with Bulimus — used chiefly in medical literature