Alocinma
noun
Al·o·cin·ma
ˌaləˈsinmə
: a genus of Asian pulmonate snails (family Helicidae) including a species (A. longicornis) which may serve as an intermediate host of the Chinese liver fluke
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, reverse spelling of Amnicola, a snail genus
First Known Use
circa 1948, in the meaning defined above
- the opposite side of the coin
- the opposition
- the oppressed
- the orchestra
- the order of the day
- the Orient
- the Orthodox Church
- the other
- the other afternoon
- the other day
- the other day/night/morning/afternoon/evening
- the other evening
- the other morning
- the other night
- the other side of the coin
- the other way around
- the other way round
- the other woman
- the other/opposite/flip side of the coin
- the others
- the Our Father
- the outback
- the outdoors
- the outside
- the outside world