Bulinus
1 of 2noun (1)
Bu·li·nus
byüˈlīnəs
: a genus (the type of the family Bulinidae) of small sinistral freshwater pulmonate snails including a number that are intermediate hosts of flukes of domestic animals
Bulinus
2 of 2noun (2)
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in some classifications
: a genus coextensive with Bulimus —used chiefly in medical literature
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
New Latin, perhaps irregular from Latin bulla bubble + -inus -ine (head)
Noun (2)
New Latin, alteration of Bulimus
- three-leaved arum
- three-leaved hop tree
- three-leaved Indian turnip
- three-leaved ivy
- three-leaved maple
- three-leaved stonecrop
- three-legged
- three-legged race
- three-line octave
- three-lined potato beetle
- three-master
- three-men-in-a-boat
- three-mile limit
- three-minute glass
- three-part form
- three-peat
- three-phase
- three-piece
- three-piece suit
- three-piece suite
- three-pile
- three-piled
- three-plier
- three-ply
- three-point landing