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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Nassa \Nas"sa\, n.; pl. E. {Nassas}, L. {Nass[92]}. [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera {Nassa}, {Tritia}, and other allied genera of the family {Nassid[91]}; a dog whelk. See Illust. under {Gastropoda}. -- {nas"soid}, a. | |
