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Webster 1913 Edition


Limacina

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Limˊa-ci′na

(lĭmˊȧ-sī′nȧ)
,
Noun.
[NL., From L.
limax
,
limacis
, a slug.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.