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Nuculana
noun
Nu·cu·la·na
\-yəˌlanə, -länə, -lānə\
Definition of Nuculana
: the type genus of Nuculanidae comprising various beaked cockles
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Origin and Etymology of nuculana
New Latin, from Nucula + -ana (from Latin, neuter plural of -anus -an)
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