drīˈsen(t)sēə, -nch(ē)ə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Dreyssen, 19th century Belg. physician + New Latin -ia
: a genus of Old World bivalve mollusks (suborder Tellinacea) somewhat resembling the true mussels
drīˈsen(t)sēə, -nch(ē)ə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Dreyssen, 19th century Belg. physician + New Latin -ia
: a genus of Old World bivalve mollusks (suborder Tellinacea) somewhat resembling the true mussels
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012