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coquina
[ koh-kee-nuh ]
noun
- Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape.
- any similar clam, especially of the genus Donax.
- a soft, whitish rock made up of fragments of marine shells and coral, used as a building material.
coquina
/ kɒˈkiːnə /
noun
- a soft limestone consisting of shells, corals, etc, that occurs in parts of the US
coquina
/ kō-kē′nə /
- A soft porous limestone, composed of shells and fragments of shell and coral that are partially cemented by material that is high in calcium carbonate and has not completely hardened.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coquina1
C19: from Spanish: shellfish, probably from concha shell, conch
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Example Sentences
Their new coquina convent is pleasant, and the display of fine laces, made by their busy fingers, incomparable.
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The walls are built of coquina of no modern thickness, but as if designed to resist a siege.
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The Presbyterian church is a good, old-fashioned, well-preserved specimen of coquina walls.
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In the middle of it stood a small fort, cunningly constructed of big blocks of coquina rock.
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Presently he walked to the edge of the coquina quarry and looked down into it.
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