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Definition: Toxoglossa
Toxoglossa
\Tox`o*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. to`xon a bow +
? tongue.] (Zo["o]l.)
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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