neritine
/ˈnɛrɪtʌɪn/Zoology rare
noun
Any nerite of the genus Neritina and several closely related genera, especially Theodoxus and Clithon, of the family Neritidae (sometimes included in a subfamily Neritinae), the members of which usually inhabit fresh or brackish water.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Penny Cyclopaedia. From Nerita + -ine, after French néritine and scientific Latin Neritina.
- have a thing about
- have a thing for
- have a thin time
- have a tiger by the tail (also be riding a tiger)
- have a tin ear
- have a way with
- have a way with one
- have a whale of a time
- have a will of one's own
- have a word
- have a word in someone's ear
- have bats in the (or one's) belfry
- have-been
- have been around
- have been around the block (a few times)
- have been known to do something
- have been there before
- have blood on one's hands
- have clean hands
- have designs on
- have every confidence in
- have everything
- have eyes bigger than one's stomach (or belly)
- have eyes in the back of one's head
- have eyes like a hawk