Pleurocera

noun

Pleu·​roc·​era

plu̇ˈräsərə

: a large genus of American freshwater snails (suborder Taenioglossa) having the mantle edge entire and the copulatory organ not developed compare thiara

pleuroceroid

-səˌrȯid

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pleur- + -cera

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