arca
noun
ar·ca
ˈärkə
1
plural arcae
-ˌkī,
-ˌsē
[Latin] : a chest or strong box used in ancient times as a receptacle for money or valuables and also by early Christians for reserving the consecrated bread of the Eucharist 2
capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Arcidae) of bivalve mollusks comprising the ark shells and blood clams
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, chest, box
- dictum de omni et nullo
- dictums
- dicty-
- Dictynidae
- dictyo-
- dictyogen
- dictyogenous
- Dictyonema
- Dictyonina
- dictyonine
- dictyopherae
- dictyopheras
- Dictyophora
- dictyopterae
- dictyopteras
- Dictyosiphon
- dictyosiphonaceous
- Dictyosiphonales
- dictyosome
- dictyosomes
- dictyospermum scale
- dictyospore
- dictyosporous
- dictyostele
- dictyosteles