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pan·do·ra I. \panˈdōrə, paan-, -dȯrə\ noun also pan·dore \ˈpanˌdō(ə)r\ (-s) Etymology: pandora from Italian pandora, pandura, from Late Latin pandura, pandurium three-stringed lute; pandore from French, from Late Latin pandura, pandurium — more at pandura 1. : bandore 2. : pandura 2 II. noun Etymology: New Latin, after Pandora (from Latin, from Greek Pandōra), the beautiful and gifted first woman of Greek mythology 1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Pandoridae) of marine bivalve mollusks of the suborder Anatinacea with largely united siphons, thin equivalent shell, and tongue-shaped foot 2. -s : any mollusk of the genus Pandora or the family Pandoridae |