Noun: rudist
| Singular | rudist |
| Plural | rudists |
Sample Sentences
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In its shallow waters, now-extinct clams known as rudists formed extensive beds. [2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 27:]
Nouns inflected like rudist
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French rudistes (plural), from rude (“rough, uneven”), or its source, Latin rudis. Compare scientific Latin Rudista. See: Latin Nouns '
rudis'.