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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.
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- noun ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters
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