limacina

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limacina - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Limacina \Lim`a*ci"na\ (l[i^]m`[.a]*s[imac]"n[.a]), n. [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.
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