Arca

From Latin arca (“ark”). Named by Carl Linnaeus in reference to Noah's Ark, due to the interior of the shell resembling a wooden boat.

Arca f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arcidae – typical ark clams or ark shells.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class; Autobranchia - subclass; Pteriomorphia - superorder; Arcida - order; Arcoidea - superfamily; Arcidae - family

• (genus): Arca noae - type species; for other species see Arca at World Register of Marine Species .

• Arca (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Arca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arca at AnimalBase
• Arca at World Register of Marine Species
• Arca at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Arca at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Arca at Paleobiology Database

From Galician, Portuguese, and Italian surname, all ultimately from the noun arca (“chest, storehouse”).

Arca (plural Arcas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Arca is the 32792^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 700 individuals. Arca is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (44.0%), Hispanic/Latino (34.29%), and White (12.71%) individuals.

• AACR, Cara, acra, ara-C

From the noun arca (“ark, chest, storehouse”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ka/
• Rhymes: -arka
• Hyphenation: Àr‧ca

Arca m or f by sense

1. a surname

• arac, cara

• Arcae

From Ancient Greek Ἄρκη (Árkē), from or related to Akkadian 𒅕𒋡𒋫 (Irqata).^[1]

Arca f sg (genitive Arcae); first declension

1. A town in Phoenicia situated between Tripolis and Antaradus

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Arcēnus

• “Arca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Arca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.