Definition of Succinea
:a cosmopolitan genus (the type of a family Succineidae) of amphibious or terrestrial pulmonate snails
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Succinea
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Suc·cin·ea
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(ˌ)səkˈsinēə
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Origin and Etymology of succinea
New Latin, feminine of Latin succineus of amber, from succinum amber; from the color of the shell
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