LUCINA


Meaning of LUCINA in English

I. lüˈsīnə noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Lucina, Roman goddess of childbirth

archaic : midwife

II. noun

Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin Lucina, Roman goddess of childbirth

1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Lucinidae) of chiefly tropical edible bivalve mollusks having a white orbicular shell and a very long cylindrical foot that is sometimes placed with related forms in a superfamily (Lucinacea) of the order Eulamellibranchia

2. -s : any mollusk of the genus Lucina

• lu·cine ˈlüˌsīn, -_sə̇n noun -s

• lu·ci·noid ˈlüsəˌnȯid adjective

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