Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of mollusks used with widely varying limits
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum
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Examples
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Nearby Nerita (ph) and (INAUDIBLE) are planting a new variety of rice, a hybrid made in the science lab from two different types that delighted with the results.
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On the north a shallow pit contained objects of carved ivory, while near the southeast was a collection of 36 Nerita shells from the Red Sea.
Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Hierakonpolis 2007 - Field Note 6 2002
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A number of shells [165] were found under the head of each skeleton, of the kind known to conchologists as the _Nerita littoralis_.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864
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Nerita, with a perforation in each shell to admit of a string composed of vegetable fibres being passed through them.
Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 James Young Simpson 1840
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«• 375« Nerita tc - fta ilibulata laevi, apcrtura anticc pofiiccque finuata.
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