Word Meanings - TELLEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any species of Tellina.

Related words: (words related to TELLEN)

• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• TELLINA
  A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.
• SUBSPECIES
  A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.