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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A shell of the family Aporrhaidæ, as Aporrhais pes-pelecani, the pelican's-foot. See also cut under Aporrhais.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under rostrifera.

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