Gryphaea
noun
Gry·phaea
grə̇ˈfēə,
grīˈ-
1
: a genus of fossil mollusks related to the oyster but having the left valve arched with an incurved beak and the right valve flat
2
in some classifications : crassostrea
gryphaeoid adjective
ˈgrifēˌȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin gryphus or gryph-, gryps griffin
- breached
- breacher
- breachers
- breaches
- breaching
- breachway
- breachy
- bread
- bread and circuses
- bread board
- bread boards
- bread crumb sponge
- bread dance
- bread flour
- bread knife
- bread mold
- bread pudding
- bread puddings
- bread riot
- bread sauce
- bread tree
- bread upon the waters
- bread wheat
- bread-and-but
- bread-and-butter