| 释义 |
lu·ci·na
I. \lüˈsīnə\ noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Lucina, Roman goddess of childbirth
archaic : midwife
II. noun
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin Lucina, Roman goddess of childbirth
1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Lucinidae) of chiefly tropical edible bivalve mollusks having a white orbicular shell and a very long cylindrical foot that is sometimes placed with related forms in a superfamily (Lucinacea) of the order Eulamellibranchia
2. -s : any mollusk of the genus Lucina
• lu·cine \ˈlüˌsīn, -_sə̇n\ noun -s
• lu·ci·noid \ˈlüsəˌnȯid\ adjective |