pyrula

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pyrula - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pyrula \Pyr"u*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. pyrus a pear.] (Zool.)
     A genus of large marine gastropods having a pear-shaped
     shell. It includes the fig-shells. See Illust. in Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]