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(materiale caramico) per somiglianza di aspetto con la conchiglia omonima
(conchiglia) dal latino porcus, "porco" o porcellus, "porcello" (fonte Treccani) da porcella poiché la forma della valva ricorda la vulva della scrofa (fonte Garzanti)
(pianta) dal latino porcillaca, a sua volta alterazione di portulaca