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Webster 1913 Edition


Rhachiglossa


Rhachˊi-glos′sa

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Rhachis
, and
Glossa
.]
(Zool.)
A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the
miters
,
murices
,
olives
,
purpuras
,
volutes
, and
whelks
. See Illust. in the Appendix.