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Webster 1913 Edition

Inclusa

‖

In-clu′sa

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. L.

inclusus

, p. p. of

includere

to shut in.]

(Zool.)

A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (

Teredo navalis

) is an example.