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Donax

Donax

9.9
A group of small sea animals with shells or plants like reeds
  • proper noun
  • Specialized
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  • Research on Donax mollusks reveals their unique adaptations to sandy beach environments.

Examples

  • Many species of Donax can be found in the warm coastal waters of Florida.

  • "Are you afraid of becoming Johnny Donax-seed?" he asks with a chuckle.

    Blog text (26)

  • Brake planted this quarter-acre plot of Arundo donax in 2010.

    Blog text (3)

  • Arundo donax Raises Cain

    Academic text (2001)

  • Coquina clams, Donax denticulatus, called almejas (Spanish) or ahis (Miskito) locally, are numerous in the surf zone along Caribbean beaches of Honduras.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The small bivalve known as Donax is often collected for its beautiful shells.

Compounds

Arundo donax
  • Specialized
9.6

A tall grass with thick stems and feathery flower clusters that grows near rivers or ditches

Surface Forms

Donax main

Etymology

Donax comes from an old Greek word donax that means 'reed'. It first named reed-like plants, and later people used the same name for small clams whose shells look like little reeds, so Donax is used for both plants and small marine mollusks.