basket whelk
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basket shell — noun 1. : a bivalve mollusk of a family (Corbulidae) having unequal valves, the right usually larger, and a single large hinge tooth on each valve called also basket clam 2. also basket whelk : any of several marine snails (family Nassariidae)… … Useful english dictionary
dog whelk — noun also dog winkle : any of certain thick shelled marine snails: as a. : basket shell 2 b. : any of numerous members of the genus Thais that feed chiefly on other mollusks * * * any of several carnivorous, marine gastropods of the famil … Useful english dictionary
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Nassa — Nas sa, n.; pl. E. {Nassas}, L. {Nass[AE]}. [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera {Nassa}, {Tritia}, and other allied genera of the family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
NassAE — Nassa Nas sa, n.; pl. E. {Nassas}, L. {Nass[AE]}. [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera {Nassa}, {Tritia}, and other allied genera of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Nassas — Nassa Nas sa, n.; pl. E. {Nassas}, L. {Nass[AE]}. [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera {Nassa}, {Tritia}, and other allied genera of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nassoid — Nassa Nas sa, n.; pl. E. {Nassas}, L. {Nass[AE]}. [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera {Nassa}, {Tritia}, and other allied genera of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
