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• Coquina (roca) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Coquina …   Wikipedia Español

• coquina — ☆ coquina [kō kē′nə ] n. [Sp, shellfish, dim. < dial. form of L concha: see CONCH] 1. a soft, whitish limestone made up of broken sea shells and corals: used as a building material 2. any of a genus (Donax) of small, delicately colored… …   English World dictionary

• Coquina — For the variety of clam, see Donax . Coquina outcropping on the beach at Washington Oaks State Gardens, Florida Coquina ( …   Wikipedia

• coquina — /koh kee neuh/, n. 1. 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… …   Universalium

• coquina clam — ▪ mollusk       any bivalve mollusk of the genus Donax. These marine invertebrates inhabit sandy beaches along coasts worldwide. A typical species, Donax variabilis, measures only about 10 to 25 mm (0.4 to 1 inch) in length. Its shell is wedge… …   Universalium

• Limestone — For other uses, see Limestone (disambiguation). Limestone Sedimentary Rock Limestone in Waitomo District, New Zealand Composition …   Wikipedia

• coquina — noun Etymology: Spanish, probably diminutive of coca head, alteration of coco bogeyman, coconut Date: 1837 1. a soft whitish limestone formed of broken shells and corals cemented together and used for building 2. a small wedge …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• coquina — n. [Sp. shellfish, cockle] A whitish limestone made up of marine shell fragments and corals, used for roadbeds and building materials …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• coquina — noun a) Any of several small marine clams, of the genus Donax, comon in US coastal waters b) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells …   Wiktionary

• coquina —    Porous limestone composed of broken shell fragments [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• coquina — [kɒ ki:nə] noun 1》 a soft limestone of broken shells, used in road making in the Caribbean and Florida. 2》 a small American bivalve mollusc with a wedge shaped shell. [Donax variabilis and related species.] Origin C19: from Sp., lit. cockle ,… …   English new terms dictionary