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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Xenophoridæ, so called from their carrying foreign objects attached to the shell. Formerly also called
Phorus (a name too near the prior Phora in entomology). See also cut undercarrier-shell .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology Any
mollusk of the genusXenophora .
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