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Webster 1913 Edition


Taenioglossa


Taeˊni-o-glos′sa

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ταινία
a ribbon +
γλῶσσα
a tongue.]
(Zool.)
An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh-water.