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Webster 1913 Edition


Pleurotoma


Pleu-rot′o-ma

,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Pleurotomæ
(#)
, E.
Pleurotomas
(#)
.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] the side +
τομή
a cut.]
(Zool.)
Any marine gastropod belonging to
Pleurotoma
, and ether allied genera of the family
Pleurotmidæ
. The species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit.