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nat´i`ca

(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidæ.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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