Etymology

corbulid

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Today it means: Any bivalve in the family Corbulidae. Full definition →

Latin corbula
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  1. Latin · derived fromcorbula“little basket”
  2. English todaycorbulid

From Latin corbula (“little basket”) + -id.

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