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nerite Zool.|ˈnɪəraɪt|
Also nerit.
[ad. L. nērīta Nerita.]
= prec.
α1708Phil. Trans. XXVI. 79 The Nerite, or Fossil Sea Snail. 1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 127 The black, red-streaked, and spotted Nerite. 1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 248 A very fine Nerite. 1802–3tr. Pallas's Trav. (1812) I. 523 The Yelanatsh forms deep marshes..and produces the small variegated nerite before mentioned. 1851Woodward Mollusca i. 13 The bivalve may close, and the operculated nerite retire into his home. 1872Nicholson Palæont. ii. xxi. 255 The true Nerites are inhabitants of warm seas.
attrib.1823Buckland Reliq. Diluv. 89 Both rods and rings, as well as the nerite shells, were stained superficially with red.
β1713Petiver Aquat. Anim. Amb. 2/2 Red Nerit. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. ix. 274 Upon a comparison of them with the nerit, the snail, or the periwinkle. 1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 383/2 The Nerits are very widely spread in warm climates. |