‖ Bulimus
(bjuːˈlaɪməs)
Pl. bulimi.
[mod.Lat., a. Gr. βουλῑµός, occurring only as a n. (see bulimy), but perh. regarded as an adj. with sense ‘having a voracious appetite’.]
The scientific name of a genus of terrestrial gasteropods. Hence bulimiform (bjuːˈlɪmɪfɔːm), a.
| 1830 Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 384 Terrestrial shells, chiefly helices and spiral bulimi. 1854 Woodward Mollusca ii. 165 Achatina Variegata..shell imperforate, bulimiform. 1866 Tate Brit. Mollusks iv. 164 The animal is bulimus-like. |