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Definition of nerite in English: neritenoun ˈnɪərʌɪtˈnirˌīt A chiefly tropical mollusc with a somewhat globe-shaped and brightly marked shell, typically found in water. Superfamily Neritacea, class Gastropoda: several genera and species, including the European freshwater snail Theodoxus fluviatilis Example sentencesExamples - As with the checkered nerite, some members of a population spend more time in the water than others.
- Local people eat limpets and the gonads of shingle urchins uncooked but they eat nerites and periwinkles boiled.
- External colour in tropical nerites is quite variable, and of limited use in identification.
- To eat the contents, the nerite has to crush the diatom's hard silicate armour on the ground.
- But you're right that, practically speaking, it's going to be very difficult to culture nerites in your aquarium.
Origin Early 18th century: from Latin nerita, from Greek nēritēs 'sea mussel', from the name of the sea god Nereus. Definition of nerite in US English: neritenounˈnirˌīt A chiefly tropical mollusk with a somewhat globe-shaped and brightly marked shell, typically found in water. Superfamily Neritacea, class Gastropoda: several genera and species, including the European freshwater snail Theodoxus fluviatilis Example sentencesExamples - But you're right that, practically speaking, it's going to be very difficult to culture nerites in your aquarium.
- As with the checkered nerite, some members of a population spend more time in the water than others.
- Local people eat limpets and the gonads of shingle urchins uncooked but they eat nerites and periwinkles boiled.
- To eat the contents, the nerite has to crush the diatom's hard silicate armour on the ground.
- External colour in tropical nerites is quite variable, and of limited use in identification.
Origin Early 18th century: from Latin nerita, from Greek nēritēs ‘sea mussel’, from the name of the sea god Nereus. |