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Webster 1913 Edition

natica

nat′i-ca

,

Noun.

;

pl.

naticas

, L.

naticae

(-sē)

.

(Zool.)

Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to

Natica

,

Lunatia

,

Neverita

, and other allied genera (family

Naticidae

.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.