acmaea
noun
ac·maea
ak-ˈmē-ə,
ˈak-mē-ə
1
capitalized : a cosmopolitan genus (the type of the family Acmaeidae) comprising small conical usually dark-colored limpets
2
plural -s : a limpet of the genus Acmaea
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek akmaios at the height, in full bloom, in the prime, from akmē
- lithosian
- lithosiid
- Lithosiidae
- lithosol
- lithosols
- lithosperma
- lithospermums
- lithosphere
- lithospheres
- lithospheric
- lithothamnioid
- lithothamnion
- lithotomes
- lithotomies
- lithotomists
- lithotomize
- lithotomy
- lithotope
- lithotripsies
- lithotripsy
- lithotripter
- lithotripters
- lithotriptic
- lithotriptor
- lithotriptors