Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

 
Earth's largest dictionary with more than 1226 modern languages and Eve!

Definition: BUCCINUM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Top

Date "Buccinum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1756. (references)

Etymology:Buccinum \Buc"ci*num\, noun. [Latin, a trumpet, a trumpet shell.]. (references)


Topics by Level of Interest: BUCCINUM

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Buccinum undatum 7     Buccinum undatum 7

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).