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from The Century Dictionary.
- A class of Mollusca (formerly an order of gastropods), having the foot fitted for burrowing; the tooth-shells, also called Cirribranchiata, Prosopocephala, and Solenoconchæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also
Prosopocephala , andSolenoconcha .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells
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