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marginella

marginella noun: a mollusk of the genus Marginella, or its shell.

Noun

marginella (plural marginellas)

  1. A mollusk of the genus Marginella, or its shell.
    • Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long.2002, Don Philpott, Florida: Gulf Coast, page 16
    • Smooth, shiny, brightly colored shells, marginellas are usually found in tropical and warm water.2006, Jackie Leatherbury Douglass, Shells

Forms of marginella

pluralmarginellas

Words formed from marginella

Questions about marginella

What does marginella mean?
Marginella means a mollusk of the genus Marginella, or its shell.
What part of speech is marginella?
Marginella is a noun.
What is the plural of marginella?
The plural of marginella is marginellas.

Words near marginella in the dictionary

  1. marginates
  2. marginating
  3. margination
  4. marginations
  5. margined
  6. marginella
  7. marginellas
  8. marginellid
  9. marginellids
  10. margines
  11. marging

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