peloris

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πελωρίς (pelōrís). === Noun === pelōris f (genitive pelōridis); third declension large mussel or clam ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== French: palourde === References === “peloris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “peloris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “peloris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “peloris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers