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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A family of tænioglossate gastropods, typified by the genus Xenophora: formerly called Phoridæ (a name preoccupied in entomology). They are known as carrier-shells, conchologists, and mineralogists. See cuts under carrier-shell and Xenophora.

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