Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of nucleobranchiate molluscous animals, of the order Heteropoda, referable to the family Firolidæ, or Pterotracheidæ, or made the type of a family Carinariidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.
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- noun zoology Any of the
genus Carinaria ofoceanic heteropod molluscs .
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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Jubjub commented on the word carinaria
Mmm. I could go for some carinaria in a marinara sauce.
November 11, 2009