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mudalia

mudalia noun: any of several species of freshwater snails, included in the genus Leptoxis.

Noun

mudalia (plural mudalia or mudalias)

  1. Any of several species of freshwater snails, included in the genus Leptoxis.
    • In many places, it co-exists with a local form of Mudalia, in those cases showing a somewhat greater tendency to occur on the sandy stream bed than on rocks, which the mudalia seems to prefer.1996, Richard L. Hoffman, “Occurrence of the Costate Riversnail, Oxytrema catenaria (Say), in Virginia (Gastropodad: Pleuroceridae)”, in Banisteria, number 7
    • Common names for various kinds in this family include elimias, hornsnails, mudalias, and rocksnails.2002, J. Reese Voshell, A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America, page 216

Forms of mudalia

pluralmudalia
pluralmudalias

Words formed from mudalia

Questions about mudalia

What does mudalia mean?
Mudalia means any of several species of freshwater snails, included in the genus Leptoxis.
What part of speech is mudalia?
Mudalia is a noun.
What is the plural of mudalia?
The plural of mudalia is mudalia.

Words near mudalia in the dictionary

  1. mud-scow
  2. mud-scows
  3. mud-turtle
  4. mud-turtles
  5. muda
  6. mudalia
  7. Mudaliar
  8. Mudaliars
  9. mudalias
  10. mudaliyar
  11. mudaliyars

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