English Explanatory Dictionary

rudist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of many box-, tube- or ring-shaped marine heterodont bivalves from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

Word forms

rudist rudists

Etymology

From French rudistes (plural), from rude (“rough, uneven”), or its source, Latin rudis. Compare scientific Latin Rudista.

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