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violet snail
(gcide) | Ianthina \I*an"thi*na\, n.; pl. L. Ianthin[ae], E.
Ianthinas. [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. ?; ?
violet + ? flower.] (Zool.)
Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various
species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also {purple
shell}, and violet snail. [Written also janthina.]
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Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it
constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles
of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients
was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus.
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violet snail
(gcide) | Violet \Vi"o*let\, a. [Cf. F. violet. See Violet, n.]
Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color
produced by red and blue combined.
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Violet shell (Zool.), any species of Ianthina; -- called
also violet snail. See Ianthina.
Violet wood, a name given to several kinds of hard purplish
or reddish woods, as king wood, myall wood, and the wood
of the Andira violacea, a tree of Guiana.
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