Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling mollusks of the genus Buccinum; shaped like a whelk.
- noun A member of the family Buccinidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the
Buccinidæ , a family of marine univalve shells. Seewhelk , andprosobranchiata .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Resembling the
genus Buccinum. - adjective zoology Relating to the Buccinidae, a family of
marine univalve shells .
Etymologies
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Buccinum + -oid
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