Definition of Limnaeids

1. limnaeid [n] - See also: limnaeid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limnaeids

limitlessnesses
limitour
limitours
limitrophe
limits
limits inferior
limits superior
limivorous
limma
limmas
limmers
limn
limn-
limnaeid
limnaeids (current term)
limnaemia
limnaemic
limned
limner
limners
limnetic
limniad
limnic
limning
limnivore
limnivores
limno-
limnodophyte
limnodophytes

Literary usage of Limnaeids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1902)
"... while the purely fresh-water deposits are full chiefly of limnaeids belonging to the genera Limnaea and Planorbis, ..."

2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"limnaeids inhabit fresh water, and deposit their spawn in oblong transparent masses on aquatic plants and stones. There are one hundred and sixty living and ..."

3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"limnaeids inhabit fresh water, and deposit their spawn in oblong transparent masses on aquatic plants and stones. There are one hundred and sixty living and ..."

4. The Dispersal of Shells: An Inquiry Into the Means of Dispersal Possessed by by Harry Wallis Kew (1893)
"... it is added, " will also account for the constant occurrence of the limnaeids, which both adhere to the stems and attach their eggs to them. ..."

5. Bulletin ... of the Geological and Natural History Survey by Chicago Academy of Sciences (1896)
"... a number of species of limnaeids flourish. Of the lakes just mentioned, Berry is now thoroughly spoiled as a collecting locality on account of the ..."

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