dolium
[doh-lee-uh m]
Origin of dolium
First recorded in 1475–85, dolium is from the Latin word dōlium
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Historical Examples of dolium
A fine shell of Dolium was in their camp, which we passed through.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in AustraliaLudwig Leichhardt
The Latin word used by Saxo, which I translate with cisterns of mead, is dolium.
Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D.
Dolium has a large, globose but thin shell, ornamented with revolving ribs.
Zoology: The Science of Animal LifeErnest Ingersoll
A genus composed of Dolium latilabrum, Kiener, and other similar species.
A Conchological ManualGeorge Brettingham Sowerby
It is the Dolium galea, good friends, and we could tell you six other kinds that are suspected of this meanness.