rissoid
English
Etymology
Translingual Rissoa ("the typical genus") + -oid.
Noun
rissoid (plural rissoids)
- (zoology) Any of the spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa or family Rissoidae, found both in fresh and salt water.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rissoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- sisorid