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Nassa
Nas′sa
,Noun.
pl. E.
Nassas
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, L. Nassae
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. [From L.
nassa
a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] (Zool.)
Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera
– Nassa
, Tritia
, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae
; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda
. nas′soid
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, Adj.