[f. E-3 + L. cardin-em hinge.] A mollusk whose shell has no hinge.
1878. Bell, trans. Gegenbaur’s Comp. Anat., 308. In the Ecardines the two valves of the shell have pretty much the same form.
[f. E-3 + L. cardin-em hinge.] A mollusk whose shell has no hinge.
1878. Bell, trans. Gegenbaur’s Comp. Anat., 308. In the Ecardines the two valves of the shell have pretty much the same form.
