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janthina

janthina is the alternative form of ianthina.

Meaning of ianthina

Noun

ianthina (plural ianthinas)

  1. Any of the family Epitoniidae (syn. Janthinidae) of violet snails.
    • But a clammy feeling soon dampened his enthusiasm, and he looked down to find his fine white suit streaked with violet where the ianthinas had discharged their ink.1949, Ray Smith Bassler, Shelled creatures and geological history

Forms of janthina

pluraljanthinas

Questions about janthina

What is janthina the alternative form of?
Janthina is the alternative form of ianthina.

Words near janthina in the dictionary

  1. Janssen
  2. Janssens
  3. Janssenses
  4. jant
  5. janted
  6. janthina
  7. janthinas
  8. janthinid
  9. janthinids
  10. janthinobacteria
  11. janthinobacterial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: janthina (page history and authors); ianthina (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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