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buccinoid

buccinoid adjective: belonging to the genus Buccinum.

buccinoid: belonging to the genus Buccinum
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Adjective

buccinoid (comparative more buccinoid, superlative most buccinoid)

  1. Belonging to the genus Buccinum.
  2. Belonging to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells.

Noun

buccinoid (plural buccinoids)

  1. Any species of Buccinidae
    Synonyms:
    buccinid

Synonyms of buccinoid

Forms of buccinoid

Adjective
comparativemore buccinoid
superlativemost buccinoid
Noun
pluralbuccinoids

Origin of buccinoid

Buccinum + -oid

Questions about buccinoid

What does buccinoid mean?
Buccinoid means belonging to the genus Buccinum.
What part of speech is buccinoid?
Buccinoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near buccinoid in the dictionary

  1. buccinatores
  2. buccinators
  3. buccinatory
  4. buccinid
  5. buccinids
  6. buccinoid
  7. buccinoids
  8. Buccis
  9. bucco-
  10. bucco-occlusal
  11. buccoapical

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