Kidneyshell
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various freshwater mussels in the genus Ptychobranchus.
"Canada's species at highest risk — caribou, spotted owls and the freshwater kidneyshell mussel — remain under threat because the federal government is failing to use its own laws to protect them, says a coalition of environmental groups."
Example
More examples"Canada's species at highest risk — caribou, spotted owls and the freshwater kidneyshell mussel — remain under threat because the federal government is failing to use its own laws to protect them, says a coalition of environmental groups."
Etymology
From kidney + shell.
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