释义 |
sil·i·qua·ria \ˌsiləˈkwa(a)rēə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin siliqua pod, husk + New Latin -aria : a genus of worm shells (family Vermetidae) sometimes placed in a separate family and comprising forms that differ from those of the genus Vermetus in having a continuous slit or row of clefts or pores throughout the whorls of the shell |