pandora noun. [pan'dɔ:rǝ] In sense 1 also pandore [pan'dɔ:]. L16.
[Italian (also pandura) from Latin pandura from Greek pandoura.]
1. = BANDORE noun¹. L16.

2. Any bivalve mollusc of the genus Pandora, freq. having one convex and one flat valve (and so resembling the soundbox of a stringed instrument). Also pandora-shell. M19.

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