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Word: Pandora
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
modern Latin, from Greek pandoura ‘three-stringed lute’ (because of the shell's resemblance to the soundbox of a stringed instrument)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
panˈdɔːrə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a burrowing bivalve mollusc with a fragile shell, the unequal valves of which form a ‘box’ with a lid.
Short Definition:burrowing bivalve mollusc with fragile shell
Variant Forms:
- pandora shell
- Pandora's box shell
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