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Webster 1913 Edition

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(lĭmˊȧ-sī′nȧ)

Noun.

[NL., From L.

limax

limacis

, a slug.]

(Zool.)

A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.

Limacina f

A taxonomic genus within the family Limacinidae – swimming predatory sea snails commonly known as sea butterflies.