lithodomusn.
/lɪˈθɒdəməs/ Zoology.
A genus of small mussels which burrow in rock or stone; a mussel of this genus, a date-shell.
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lithodomus1833
lithodome1848
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. Gloss. Lithodomi, molluscous animals which bore into solid rocks, and lodge themselves in the holes they have formed.
1843 W. Humble Dict. Geol. Lithodomus.
1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Lithodomes, Lithodomi.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 11 The shipworm adheres to timber, and the pholas and lithodomus to limestone rocks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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