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unio

unio noun: any of the genus Unio of freshwater mussels.

Noun

unio (plural unios)

  1. Any of the genus Unio of freshwater mussels
    • In June, 1850, a living pond mussel was sent to Dr. Gray from Australia which had been kept out of water more than a year, and instances of the survival of unios without moisture for long periods are not rare.1894 May, “Sleep of mollusks”, in Popular Science, volume 45, number 1, page 99

unio meaning in Tamil

unio in Tamil

யூனியோ

Forms of unio

pluralunios

Origin of unio

From the genus name, Unio, from Latin ūniō (“large pearl”). Doublet of union.

Questions about unio

What does unio mean?
Unio means any of the genus Unio of freshwater mussels.
What is unio in Tamil?
Unio in Tamil is யூனியோ. See Unio meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unio?
Unio is a noun.
What is the plural of unio?
The plural of unio is unios.

Words near unio in the dictionary

  1. uninvolves
  2. uninvolving
  3. uninym
  4. uninymic
  5. uninyms
  6. unio
  7. uniocular
  8. uniodized
  9. unioid
  10. unioids
  11. union

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unio (page history and authors); unio (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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