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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Littorina littorea (0.00788 detik)
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Definition: Littorina littorea
Periwinkle
\Per"i*win`kle\, n. [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish,
in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin
to Gr. ?. Cf.
Winkle.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The
common European species (
Littorina littorea), in Europe
extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized
abundantly on the American coast. See
Littorina.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In America the name is often applied to several large
univalves, as
Fulgur carica, and
Fulgur canaliculata
.
[1913 Webster]
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