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Definition of Bankia
1. Noun. Giant shipworms.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Teredinidae, Teredinidae
Member holonyms: Bankia Setaceae, Giant Northwest Shipworm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bankia
Literary usage of Bankia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"... inside with white, and outside with buff. The hind-wings are brown, more or
less clouded towards the hind margin. GENUS Bankia. Bankia, Guenée, Spec. ..."
2. Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera Described by Fabricius in the Collection of by Arthur Gardiner Butler (1869)
"(Presented 1856, by Mr. Gibbons) BM Bankia, Australia. (Obtained 1850, from the
voyage of HMS ' Rattlesnake ' [labelled " Pit, I."J ; collected by Mr. ..."
3. Pamphlets on Wood Preservation (1922)
"POSTERIOR END OF Bankia FIMBRIATA, THE NATIVE SPECIF.Sc, collar; p, pallet; s,
non-pigmented siphons Bores with its Shell You may wonder why, ..."
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