naticas

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naticas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  natica \nat"i*ca\, n.; pl. naticas, L. naticae (-s[=e]).
     (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to
     Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera
     (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud,
     and drill other shells.
     [1913 Webster]