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Webster 1913 Edition
Proboscidifera
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1.
(Zool.)
An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of
Gastropoda
, and of Winkle
. 2.
(Zool.)
A subdivision of the tænioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (
Pyrula
), the helmet shells (Cassis
), the tritons, and allied genera.