cardita

noun car·di·ta \ kärˈdītə , -ˈē- \

Definition of cardita

1 capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Carditidae) of marine lamellibranch mollusks resembling the cockles but lacking siphons and having a short foot

2 plural -s : any mollusk of the genus Cardita

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