Pleurocera
noun
Pleu·roc·era
\plu̇ˈräsərə\
Definition of Pleurocera
: a large genus of American freshwater snails (suborder Taenioglossa) having the mantle edge entire and the copulatory organ not developed — compare thiara
pleuroceroid
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Origin and Etymology of pleurocera
New Latin, from pleur- + -cera
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