limnaean.
/lɪmˈniːə/ Zoology.
A genus of the family Limnæidæ or pond-snails, typical of the sub-family Limnæinæ; a pond-snail of this genus.
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1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (new ed.) III. 38 Having a shell very similar to that of a Lymnæa.
Derivatives
limˈnaean n. a gasteropod of the genus Limnæa.
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1856 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca iii. 361 The Litorinæ and Limnæans are found living together.
limˈnaeid n. (also limneid) a gasteropod of the family Limnæidæ; a pond-snail.
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1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 11 The air-breathing limneids live in fresh-water.
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limˈnaeine adj. pertaining to the sub-family Limnæinæ (Cent. Dict.).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.1834- to go a-souling
- to go a-straying
- to go a-walking
- to go abegged
- to go about
- to go about one's business
- to go above one's ground
- to go above or beyond one's latchet
- to go abroad
- to go according to plan
- to go acousining
- to go adieu
- to go adown
- to go adown to work
- to go afairing
- to go afishing
- to go after
- to go after gods
- to go after or follow strange flesh
- to go after other gods
- to go again
- to go against
- to go against nature
- to go against the crowd
- to go against the grain