coquina

coquina Definition

☆ co·quina (kō kē′nə)

noun

a soft, whitish limestone made up of broken sea shells and corals: used as a building material
any of a genus (Donax) of small, delicately colored saltwater clams

Etymology: Sp, shellfish, dim. < dial. form of L concha: see conch

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