Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of pteropods, typical of the family Limacinidæ. L. borealis is one of the animals which form brit or whale-food.
- Same as
Limacea . - A subfamily of Helicidæ, restricted to the genus Limax: same as
Limacinæ .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.
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Examples
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_Fungia_ is quite at home here; for, independently of _F. agariciformis_, _scutaria_, and _limacina_, a long kind was also found, having, like the two former, only one central cavity; they are found in shallow water among other corals.
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816
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Biologists captured a so-called sea angel, Clione limacina
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Clione limacina is one of the centimeter-long creatures that live both in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Scientific American 2010
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Clione limacina is one of the centimeter-long creatures that live both in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Scientific American 2010
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The Clione limacina species preys on its shelled cousin, the sea butterfly (
Pink Tentacle 2009
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