Avicula

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Translingual

Pteria colymbus
Pinctada margaritifera

Etymology

Latin avis (“bird”) + -ula (“diminutive”), so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird

Proper noun

Avicula f

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Pteriidae – marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; the species of which are now in genera Pteria, Electroma, Pinctada.

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