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单词 coquina
释义 coquina
 /koh kee"neuh/,  n.  
  1. Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape.
  2. any similar clam, esp. of the genus Donax.
  3. a soft, whitish rock made up of fragments of marine shells and coral, used as a building material.
 [1830-40, Amer.; < Sp: lit., shellfish, equiv. to OSp coc(a) shellfish ( < L concha; see CONCH) + -ina -INE1]
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