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Toxoglossa

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Toxˊo-glos′sa

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

τόξον

a bow + [GREEK] tongue.]

(Zool.)

A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (

Conus

), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of

,

Noun.

, 4,

, and

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