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Pleuro-
(gcide) | Pleuro- \Pleu"ro-\ [See Pleura.]
A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif.,
connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as,
pleuroperitoneum.
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Pleurobrachia
(gcide) | Pleurobrachia \Pleu`ro*brach"i*a\, n. [NL. See Pleuro-, and
Brachium.] (Zool.)
A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long
plumose tentacles.
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Pleurobranch
(gcide) | Pleurobranch \Pleu"ro*branch\, n. [See Pleuro-, and
Branchia.] (Zool.)
Any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to the
side of the thorax.
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Pleurobranchia
(gcide) | Pleurobranchia \Pleu`ro*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl.
Pleuroeranchi[ae]. [NL.] (Zool.)
Same as Pleurobranch.
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Pleurocarp
(gcide) | Pleurocarp \Pleu"ro*carp\, n. [Pleuro- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
Any pleurocarpic moss.
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Pleurocarpic
(gcide) | Pleurocarpic \Pleu`ro*car"pic\, Pleurocarpous
\Pleu`ro*car"pous\, a. (Bot.)
Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the
pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; --
opposed to acrocarpous.
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Pleurocarpous
(gcide) | Pleurocarpic \Pleu`ro*car"pic\, Pleurocarpous
\Pleu`ro*car"pous\, a. (Bot.)
Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the
pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; --
opposed to acrocarpous.
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Pleurocentrum
(gcide) | Pleurocentrum \Pleu`ro*cen"trum\, n. [NL. see Pleuro-, and
Centrum.] (Anat.)
One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebr[ae]
in some fossil batrachians.
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Pleuroderes
(gcide) | Pleuroderes \Pleu*rod"e*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the side +
? the neck.] (Zool.)
A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be
retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The
matamata is an example.
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Pleurodont
(gcide) | Pleurodont \Pleu"ro*dont\, a. [Pleuro- + Gr. ?, ?, a tooth.]
(Anat.)
Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw,
as in some lizards.
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Any lizard having pleurodont teeth.
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Pleurodynia
(gcide) | Pleurodynia \Pleu`ro*dyn"i*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? side + ?
pain.] (Med.)
A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually
due to rheumatism.
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Pleuroeranchiae
(gcide) | Pleurobranchia \Pleu`ro*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl.
Pleuroeranchi[ae]. [NL.] (Zool.)
Same as Pleurobranch.
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Pleurogrammus monopterygius
(gcide) | Yellowfish \Yel"low*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the
coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and {Atka
mackerel}.
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Pleuron
(gcide) | Pleuron \Pleu"ron\, n.; pl. Pleura. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a rib.]
(Zool.)
(a) One of the sides of an animal.
(b) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
(c) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
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Pleuronectes Americanus
(gcide) | Flatfish \Flat"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the family Pleuronectid[ae]; esp., the winter
flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the
body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side,
as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.
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Pleuronectes flesus
(gcide) | Flounder \Floun"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder,
Icel. fly?ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.]
1. (Zool.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid[ae], of
many species.
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Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus.
There are several common American species used as food;
as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or
winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder,
or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast;
and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus).
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2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
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Pleuronectes limanda
(gcide) | Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving
beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zool.)
A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the
European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough
dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
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Pleuronectes maculatus
(gcide) | Water flounder \Wa"ter floun"der\ (Zool.)
The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.]
[1913 Webster]Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3)
b . [In this sense, written also window pane.]
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2. (Zool.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes
maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not
valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot,
daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.
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Pleuronectes microcephalus
(gcide) | Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
very small pebbles. --Woodward.
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2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
time; the term or extent of one's life.
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The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
Sand bag.
(a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
(b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
assassins.
Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
at the toilet.
Sand bath.
(a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
(b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
reducing furnace.
Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
process.
Sand box.
(a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
paper with sand.
(b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
slipping.
Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
function.
Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
Sand crab. (Zool.)
(a) The lady crab.
(b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
lameness.
Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
United States.
Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
Ophidioid.
Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
ferruginea}); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
applied locally to other allied species.
Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
sand.
Sand eel. (Zool.)
(a) A lant, or launce.
(b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
Sand flea. (Zool.)
(a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
(b) The chigoe.
(c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
--James Bruce.
Sand fluke. (Zool.)
(a) The sandnecker.
(b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
microcephalus}); -- called also kitt, marysole,
smear dab, town dab.
Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
States. They are very troublesome on account of their
biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
midge.
Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
growing on the Atlantic coast.
Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
grouse}, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
(Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
Mexicana}).
Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zool.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
ruficapillus}); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
agilis}).
Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
(Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zool.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
prey}.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and {dogfish
shark}. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
hitting balls effectively from such a position.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
for her young.
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Pleuronectes platessa
(gcide) | Plaice \Plaice\, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa
flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zool.)
(a) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to
the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten
pounds or more.
(b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus;
called also brail, puckermouth, and {summer
flounder}. The name is sometimes applied to other allied
species. [Written also plaise.]
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Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry
mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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Pleuronectes stellatus
(gcide) | Flounder \Floun"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder,
Icel. fly?ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.]
1. (Zool.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid[ae], of
many species.
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There are several common American species used as food;
as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or
winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder,
or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast;
and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus).
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2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
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Pleuronectoid
(gcide) | Pleuronectoid \Pleu`ro*nec"toid\, a. [NL. Pleuronectes, name of
a genus (fr. Gr. ? rib + ? a swimmer) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Pertaining to the Pleuronectid[ae], or Flounder family.
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Pleuropericardial
(gcide) | Pleuropericardial \Pleu`ro*per`i*car"di*al\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium.
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Pleuroperipneumony
(gcide) | Pleuroperipneumony \Pleu`ro*per`ip*neu"mo*ny\, n. [Pleuro- +
peripneumony.] (Med.)
Pleuropneumonia.
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Pleuroperitoneal
(gcide) | Pleuroperitoneal \Pleu`ro*per`i*to*ne"al\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or
cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.
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Pleuroperitoneum
(gcide) | Pleuroperitoneum \Pleu`ro*per`i*to*ne"um\, n. [Pleuro- +
peritoneum.] (Anat.)
The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining
the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed
viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of
those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.
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pleuroperitoneum, the pleur[ae] being regarded as a
part of the peritoneum, when the body cavity is
undivided.
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Pleuropneumonia
(gcide) | Pleuropneumonia \Pleu`ro*pneu*mo"ni*a\, n. [Pleuro- +
pneumonia.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of
pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal
lung plague of cattle.
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Pleuroptera
(gcide) | Pleuroptera \Pleu*rop"te*ra\, n. pl [NL., fr. Gr. ? side + ?
wing.] (Zool.)
A group of Isectivora, including the colugo.
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Pleurosigma
(gcide) | Pleurosigma \Pleu`ro*sig"ma\, n. [NL. See Pleuro-, and
Sigma.] (Bot.)
A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having
the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S.
Pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a
favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes.
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Pleurosigma angulatum
(gcide) | Pleurosigma \Pleu`ro*sig"ma\, n. [NL. See Pleuro-, and
Sigma.] (Bot.)
A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having
the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S.
Pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a
favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes.
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Pleurostea
(gcide) | Pleurosteon \Pleu*ros"te*on\, n.; pl. L. Pleurostea, E.
-ons. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a rib + ? a bone.] (Anat.)
The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of
birds.
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Pleurosteon
(gcide) | Pleurosteon \Pleu*ros"te*on\, n.; pl. L. Pleurostea, E.
-ons. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a rib + ? a bone.] (Anat.)
The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of
birds.
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Pleurothotonus
(gcide) | Pleurothotonus \Pleu`ro*thot"o*nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pleyro`qen
from the side + to`nos a stretching.] (Med.)
A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally.
--Quain. --Dunglison.
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Pleurotoma
(gcide) | Pleurotoma \Pleu*rot"o*ma\, n.; pl. L. Pleurotom[ae], E.
Pleurotomas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the side + tomh` a cut.]
(Zool.)
Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether
allied genera of the family Pleurotmid[ae]. The species are
very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has
usually a posterior notch or slit.
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Pleurotomae
(gcide) | Pleurotoma \Pleu*rot"o*ma\, n.; pl. L. Pleurotom[ae], E.
Pleurotomas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the side + tomh` a cut.]
(Zool.)
Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether
allied genera of the family Pleurotmid[ae]. The species are
very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has
usually a posterior notch or slit.
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Pleurotomas
(gcide) | Pleurotoma \Pleu*rot"o*ma\, n.; pl. L. Pleurotom[ae], E.
Pleurotomas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the side + tomh` a cut.]
(Zool.)
Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether
allied genera of the family Pleurotmid[ae]. The species are
very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has
usually a posterior notch or slit.
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