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Webster 1913 Edition
Fissurella
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Fisˊsu-rel′la
,Noun.
[NL., dim. of L.
fissura
a fissure.] (Zool.)
A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; – called also
keyhole limpet
.