Pisidium

noun

Pi·​sid·​i·​um

-ēəm

: a genus of nearly cosmopolitan minute freshwater bivalves (family Sphaeriidae) usually somewhat smaller than those of the genus Sphaerium and having the siphons united at their ends

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, diminutive of Latin pisum pea

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