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nassa


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  {Nassid[ae]}; 
  a  dog  whelk.  See  Illust.  under  {Gastropoda}.  --  {nas"soid}, 
  a. 




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