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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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d8Ianthina \[d8]I*an"thi*na\, n.; pl. L. {Ianthin[91]}, E. {Ianthinas}. [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. [?]; [?] violet + [?] flower.] (Zo[94]l.) Any gastropod of the genus {Ianthina}, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also {purple shell}, and {violet snail}. [Written also {janthina}.] Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus. | |
