Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The genus of pteropods which gives name to the family Hyaleidæ: a synonym of Cavolinia. Also wrongly spelled Hyalæa. See cut under Cavolinia.
  • noun 2. A genus of lepidopterous insects.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A pteropod of the genus Cavolina. See pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

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  • noun zoology A pteroid of the genus Cavolina.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek glassy.

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