Olivella
/ɒlɪˈvɛlə/Zoology
noun
A genus of small gastropod molluscs of warm and tropical seas (family Olividae), having glossy cylindrical shells; (also olivella) a snail of this genus.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Swainson (1789–1855), naturalist and artist. From scientific Latin Olivella, originally a subgenus name from Oliva, genus name + -ella.
- semi-retirement
- semi-rigid
- semi-skilled
- semi-skimmed
- semi-solid
- semispecies
- semi-submersible
- semisweet
- semi-synthetic
- incognizance
- incognizant
- incoherence
- incoherency
- incoherent
- incoherently
- incohesion
- in cold blood
- incombustibility
- incombustible
- income
- income bracket
- income group
- incomer
- -incomer
- incomes policy