CTENIDIUM

ctenidium

(noun) comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ctenidium (plural ctenidia)

(zoology) A respiratory system, in the form of a comb, in some molluscs

(zoology) A row of spines in some insects

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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