coquinas
/koʊˈkiːnəz/
noun
- Small clams found in warm ocean waters, often used in seafood dishes.
- Coquinas are tiny but very flavorful when cooked in garlic and wine.
- We gathered coquinas along the beach at low tide.
- The restaurant served a delicious soup made with coquinas.
- A type of sedimentary rock made mostly of broken shells and coral fragments.
- The quarry exposed layers of coquinas formed millions of years ago.
- Coquinas is a porous rock that was commonly used in early Florida construction.
- The old fort was built from blocks of coquinas mined nearby.