The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lithodome \Lith"o*dome\ (-d[=o]m), n. [Litho- + Gr. do`mos house: cf. F. lithodome.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus Lithodomus.
Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) Any member of several species of bivalves that form and inhabit holes in limestone; especially any of the genus (taxlink Lithodomus genus noshow=1).
Usage examples of "lithodome".
These lithodomes were oblong shells, suspended in clusters and adhering very tightly to the rocks.
Herbert made a good meal of the lithodomes, which were then half opened to the sun.
Pencroft and Herbert, after having taken the precaution of collecting an ample supply of lithodomes, with which they filled their pockets and handkerchiefs, regained the foot of the cliff.
The reporter and his companions, after having eaten a quantity of lithodomes, sucked the sargassum, of which the taste was very tolerable.
Pencroft and Herbert made a good meal of the lithodomes, which were then half opened to the sun.
Supper, this evening, was of course composed of the inevitable lithodomes, of which Herbert and Neb picked up a plentiful supply on the beach.
Herbert made a good meal of the lithodomes, which were then half opened to the sun.