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‖ Bulimus|bjuːˈlaɪməs|
Pl. bulimi.
[mod.Lat., a. Gr. βουλῑµός, occurring only as a n. (see bulimy), but perh. regarded as an adj. with sense ‘having a voracious appetite’.]
The scientific name of a genus of terrestrial gasteropods. Hence bulimiform |bjuːˈlɪmɪfɔːm|, a.
1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 384 Terrestrial shells, chiefly helices and spiral bulimi. 1854Woodward Mollusca ii. 165 Achatina Variegata..shell imperforate, bulimiform. 1866Tate Brit. Mollusks iv. 164 The animal is bulimus-like. |