lithodome
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
lithodome (plural lithodomes)
- (zoology) Any member of several species of bivalves that form and inhabit holes in limestone; especially any of the genus Lithodomus.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lithodome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
French edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek λιθοδομος (lithodomos).
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Noun edit
lithodome m (plural lithodomes)
Further reading edit
- “lithodome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.