† zebra rhombnoun
Meaning & use
Obsolete.
- 1770–1844A mitre shell, Mitra paupercula, which has a dark shell with pale bands.
- 1770
Zebra Rhomb, or Buccinum.
, Lister's Hist. Conchyliorum Index Alter 41 - 1796
Zebra rhomb, Voluta paupercula.
, Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon 946 - 1844
Paupercula. Zebra Rhomb.
, Elements Conchol. (new edition) 191 (table)