Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small marine clams of the genus Donax having variously colored, often striped or banded wedge-shaped shells, and found especially on sandy beaches along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
- noun A soft porous limestone, composed essentially of fragments of shells and coral, used as a building material.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rock made up of fragments of marine shells, slightly consolidated by pressure and infiltrated calcareous matter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several small
marine clams , of the species Donax variabilis, common inUS coastal waters . - noun geology A soft form of
limestone made of fragments ofshells
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Great White course, which was also overhauled in 2005 to include better-than-ever landscaping on top of its signature "coquina" crushed shells.
unknown title 2009
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Great White course, which was also overhauled in 2005 to include better-than-ever landscaping on top of its signature "coquina" crushed shells.
unknown title 2009
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January 30th, 2010 at 2: 49 pm dbadass says: coquina
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It's built around a coquina stone courtyard with waterfalls and ponds.
Don King Relists Estate in South Florida for $20 Million 2011
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It's built around a coquina stone courtyard with waterfalls and ponds.
Private Properties 2011
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Sources: Tile: coquina stone and sea glass, Bisazza
Miami Nice Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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Because it was built from coquina, a rare form of limestone and soft shells with small air pockets that absorbed shells rather than shattering, it is the oldest fort of its kind that was never breached.
Mickey Goodman: Family Fun - 48-Hours in St. Augustine, Florida Mickey Goodman 2011
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It may not matter much to an individual coquina that it has been plucked from the edge of the surf, only to end up in boiling water.
Coquina stew doyle 2009
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It may not matter much to an individual coquina that it has been plucked from the edge of the surf, only to end up in boiling water.
Archive 2009-08-01 doyle 2009
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But they have a variety of intertidal wetlands and sandy and rocky coasts of coquina (cemented molluscs).
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008
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Built from coquina—sedimentary rock formed from compressed shells of dead marine organisms—the walls suffered little damage from the British onslaught.
The Mystery of Florida's Cannonball-Eating Spanish Fort Lina Zeldovich 2021
hernesheir commented on the word coquina
Dona dona dona Donax
Oyfn firl ligt dos kelbl
ligt gebundn mit a shtrik
hoikh in himl flit dos shvelbl
freyt zikh dreyt zikh hin un krik.
Lakht der vint in korn
lakht un lakht un lakhtt
lakht er op a tog a gantsn
mit a halber nakht.
Dona, dona, dona, dona,
Dona, dona, dona, da,
Dona, dona, dona, dona,
Dona, dona, dona, da.
Shreit dos kelbl zogt der poyer
ver zhe heyst dikh zein a kalb
volst gekent tzu zein a foygl
volst gekent tzu zein a shvalb.
Lakht der vint in korn ...
Blinde kelber tut men bindn
un men shlept zey un men shekht
ver s'hot fligl, flit aroyftzu
iz bei keynem nit keyn knekht.
February 24, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word coquina
That's one of my favorites, hh. I'm tempted to put this on my cattle list now, but I have to ask: Why coquina?
February 25, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word coquina
The whole allusion and connection to coquina lies with the mussel's genus name Donax, which reminded me of the song's repetitive verse "Dona dona dona..." . I like the visuals, especially the live oak trees and the old coquina stone city gates of St. Augustine FL, both of which have been pictured on post cards and tourist souvenirs for well over a century.
February 25, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word coquina
Okay--I get it now. Thanks! In the meantime, I started a klezmer list.
February 25, 2013