Gastrochaena
noun
Gas·tro·chae·na
: a genus of bivalve mollusks (order Eulamellibranchia) that bore in coral, soft rock, or hardened mud and have long siphons and a widely gaping shell
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from gastr- + -chaena (from Greek chainein to yawn, gape)
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