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ra·chi·glos·sa
\ˌrākēˈgläsə\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from rachi- + -glossa
: a division of Stenoglossa (order Pectinibranchia) comprising marine mostly carnivorous gastropods having typically a long retractile proboscis, a distinct siphon, and the radula with three or one longitudinal series of teeth of which each may bear many cusps and including many of the large ornamental shells (as the miter shells, murices, olive shells, volutes, and whelks)
• ra·chi·glos·sate \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|gläˌsāt\ adjective or noun |