physa
See also: Physa
English
Etymology
From the genus name Physa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaɪsə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
physa (plural physas or physae)
- Any of several species of freshwater snails, included in the family Physidae.
Derived terms
- ashy physa (Physella integra)
- banded physa (Physella vinosa)
- Banff Springs physa (Physella johnsoni)
- bayou physa (Physella hendersoni)
- broadshoulder physa (Physella parkeri)
- Carib physa (Physella cubensis)
- Carolina physa (Physa carolinae)
- cave physa (Physella spelunca)
- Cayuse physa (Physella osculans)
- Chippewa physa (Laurentiphysa chippuvarum, Physa chippevarum)
- Claiborne physa (Physella pomilia)
- cloaked physa (Physa megalochlamys)
- Comanche physa (Physella bottimeri)
- corkscrew physa (Physella humerosa)
- desert physa (Physella boucardi)
- European physa (Physella acuta)
- Fish Lake physa (Physella microstriate)
- glass physa (Physa skinneri)
- globose physa (Physella globosa)
- grain physa (Physella hordacea)
- Great Lakes physa (Physella magnalacustris)
- hotwater physa (Physella wrighti)
- Idaho physa (Physella hemphilli)
- Lake Winnipeg physa (Physella winnipegensis)
- lance physa (Aplexa elongata)
- lowdome physa (Physella bermudezi)
- olive physa (Physella cooperi)
- ornate physa (Physella costata)
- pewter physa (Physella heterostropha)
- polished physa (Physella mexicana)
- protean physa (Physella virgata)
- pumpkin physa (Physella ancillaria)
- Rocky Mountain physa (Physella propinqua)
- rotund physa (Physella columbiana)
- San Rafael physa (Archiphysa ashmuni)
- sculpted physa (Physella traski)
- Snake River physa (Physa natricina)
- Sonoma physa (Archiphysa sonomae)
- squalid physa (Physella squalida)
- sunset physa (Physella virginea)
- tadpole physa (Physella gyrina)
- Texas physa (Physella conoidea)
- twisted physa (Physella lordi)
- Utah physa (Physella utahensis)
- vernal physa (Physa vernalis)
- wet rock physa (Physella zionis)
References
- Physa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Physidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Physa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “physa”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “physa”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “physa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.