paludina

See also: Paludina

English

Etymology

From translingual Paludina, from Latin palūs (“a marsh, pool”).

Noun

paludina (plural paludinas or paludinae)

1. Any of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Viviparus (syn. Paludina), Melantho, and allied genera in family Viviparidae, with operculated shells, usually green, often with brown bands.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “paludina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

References

• Viviparidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viviparidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Viviparidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “paludina”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Paludian