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proboscidifera
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- An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle. [1913 Webster]
- A subdivision of the tænioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (
Pyrula ), the helmet shells (Cassis ), the tritons, and allied genera. [1913 Webster]
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