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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A shell of the family Turbinellidæ, and especially of the genus Rapa. See cut under Turbinella.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.
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