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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shell of the family Fasciolariidæ; specifically, Fasciolaria tulipa. See cut under
Fasciolaria .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (
Fasciolaria tulipa ) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria.
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