Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

littorina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: lit-to-ri-na
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle .

Questions

What does littorina mean?: A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle .

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