Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or related to the Rissoidæ.
- noun A gastropod of the family Rissoidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa, or family
Rissoidæ , found both in fresh and salt water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of the
spiral gastropods of thegenus Rissoa orfamily Rissoidae, found both in fresh and salt water.
Etymologies
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Latin Rissoa, the typical genus, + -oid.
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