Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gastropod of the genus Nerita or the family Neritidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any mollusk of the genus Nerita.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any
mollusk of thegenus Nerita.
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Also found were crab claws, oysters, nerite shells and bird and mammal bones which give insight into the diet of the people.
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