any of various slim marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Tellina (or Macoma) that live in intertidal sand, esp the smooth oval delicately tinted T. tenuis
Word origin
from New Latin tellina, from Greek tellinē a shellfish
Examples of 'tellin' in a sentence
tellin
What I'm tellin ' you is, maybe you got somethin ' good goin' you don "know -- you understan '?
Smith, Mitchell STONE CITY (2003)
`You want to know about ol ' State, man, I'm tellin ' you.
Smith, Mitchell STONE CITY (2003)
I'm tellin ' you now because if we're goin' to...' `I certainly hope so.