coquina
Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape.
any similar clam, especially of the genus Donax.
a soft, whitish rock made up of fragments of marine shells and coral, used as a building material.
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How to use coquina in a sentence
Their new coquina convent is pleasant, and the display of fine laces, made by their busy fingers, incomparable.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes | Sylvia SunshineThe walls are built of coquina of no modern thickness, but as if designed to resist a siege.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes | Sylvia SunshineThe Presbyterian church is a good, old-fashioned, well-preserved specimen of coquina walls.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes | Sylvia SunshineIn the middle of it stood a small fort, cunningly constructed of big blocks of coquina rock.
The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle | Wilmer M. ElyPresently he walked to the edge of the coquina quarry and looked down into it.
Quick Action | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for coquina
/ (kɒˈkiːnə) /
a soft limestone consisting of shells, corals, etc, that occurs in parts of the US
Origin of coquina
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Scientific definitions for coquina
[ kō-kē′nə ]
A soft porous limestone, composed of shells and fragments of shell and coral that are partially cemented by material that is high in calcium carbonate and has not completely hardened.
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