coquinan.

/kə(ʊ)ˈkiːnə/

Etymology: < Spanish coquina (Minsheu 1623) shellfish, cockle, derivative of Old Spanish coca = French coque < Latin *cocca, by-form of concha mussel, shell.

A soft whitish rock of recent formation in the West Indies and Florida (where it is used as a building material), made up of fragments of marine shells united by a calcareous cement.

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1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 44 The quarries of Coquina stone.

1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 52 This river being choked up by the Coquina formation.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 5/1 St. Augustine [Florida], a still older settlement..[with its] white coquina walls, quaint Peninsular houses with hanging balconies, etc.

1957 P. Frank Seven Days to Never i. 9 A few hundred yards inland Highway AIA parallels the surf, but the coquina road is narrow, pocked.

Draft additions September 2006

Any of several marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Donax (family Donacidae), with a wedge-shaped shell having many narrow, radial grooves in bands of various colours; esp. D. variabilis, of the North American Atlantic coast and the Caribbean. Also more fully coquina clam.

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1905 Coshocton Daily Age (Ohio) 7 Jan. Its sand is composed largely of shells of the coquina clam, peculiar to this part of Florida.

1927 Amer. Cookery 32 17/2 The coquina clam is found buried..along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas.

1959 J. D. MacDonald Deadly Welcome iv. 62 She was digging up coquinas, those tiny brightly patterned clams..beneath the surface of the wet sand.

1963 K. H. Seibel Joyful Christmas Craft Bk. vi. 108 (caption) Coquina shells decorate the frame.

1994 Trav. & Leisure Dec. 78 This..Atlantic beach near St. Augustine is noted for its many intact shells, among them sunrays..and live coquina wedge clams.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	coquina
释义	coquinan. /kə(ʊ)ˈkiːnə/ Etymology: < Spanish coquina (Minsheu 1623) shellfish, cockle, derivative of Old Spanish coca = French coque < Latin cocca, by-form of concha* mussel, shell. A soft whitish rock of recent formation in the West Indies and Florida (where it is used as a building material), made up of fragments of marine shells united by a calcareous cement. ΚΠ 1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 44 The quarries of Coquina stone. 1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 52 This river being choked up by the Coquina formation. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 5/1 St. Augustine [Florida], a still older settlement..[with its] white coquina walls, quaint Peninsular houses with hanging balconies, etc. 1957 P. Frank Seven Days to Never i. 9 A few hundred yards inland Highway AIA parallels the surf, but the coquina road is narrow, pocked. Draft additions September 2006 Any of several marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Donax (family Donacidae), with a wedge-shaped shell having many narrow, radial grooves in bands of various colours; esp. D. variabilis, of the North American Atlantic coast and the Caribbean. Also more fully coquina clam. ΚΠ 1905 Coshocton Daily Age (Ohio) 7 Jan. Its sand is composed largely of shells of the coquina clam, peculiar to this part of Florida. 1927 Amer. Cookery 32 17/2 The coquina clam is found buried..along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. 1959 J. D. MacDonald Deadly Welcome iv. 62 She was digging up coquinas, those tiny brightly patterned clams..beneath the surface of the wet sand. 1963 K. H. Seibel Joyful Christmas Craft Bk. vi. 108 (caption) Coquina shells decorate the frame. 1994 Trav. & Leisure Dec. 78 This..Atlantic beach near St. Augustine is noted for its many intact shells, among them sunrays..and live coquina wedge clams. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1837
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