Helcion

Translingual

Etymology

From a New Latin form of Ancient Greek ἑλκίον n (helkíon, “yoke”). While the gender of the etymological root of this term is neuter, the genus itself is masculine.

Proper noun

Helcion m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Patellidae – certain sea snails.

See also

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