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tellina|tɛˈlaɪnə| Also Tellina. [mod.L. (G. E. Rumphius D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer (1705) ii. 145), f. Gr. τελλίνη.] = tellen. Also attrib. Hence ˈtellinoid a., resembling a bivalve of the genus Tellina.
1877C. M. Yonge in C. Coleridge C. M. Yonge (1903) ii. 70 Waves from the Atlantic, bringing in..tellinas of a delicate pink. 1884G. W. Tryon Struct. & Syst. Conchol. III. 170 The branchial apparatus..is.. a departure from the Tellina type. 1900Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. XXIII. 287 The Tellinas are mostly inhabitants of moderate depths. Ibid. 291 Shell tellinoid, thin. 1936A. H. Verrill Strange Sea Shells xiv. 132 Why..is the tellina so beautifully colored within its shells. |