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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of siphonate bivalve mollusks, of the family Isocardiidæ, or typical of a family Cyprinidæ, having two cardinal teeth and a lateral tooth on each valve. C. islandica is a large species of the North Atlantic. Also Cyprine.

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