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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shell of the family Turbinellidæ, and especially of the genus Rapa. See cut under
Turbinella .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.
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