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Webster 1913 Edition

Limnaea

‖

Lim-næ′a

(lĭm-nē′ȧ)

,

p

rop.

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

λιμναῖοσ

pertaining to a marsh, fr.

λίμη

a marsh.]

(Zool.)

A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; – called also

pond snail

.

[Written also

Lymnæa

.]