• (n.pl.) A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.
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(from the article `gastropod`) ...most are tropical ocean dwellers, active predators or scavengers; many olive, volute, and marginella shells are highly polished and ...
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Tox`o·glos'sa noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek to`xon a bow + ... tongue.] (Zoology) A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells ( Conus ), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of
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