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rissoid
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rissoid, n. [NL. Rissoa, the typical genus ( fr. A. Risso, an Italian naturalist) + -oid.].
Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa , or family Rissoidæ , found both in fresh and salt water. [1913 Webster]
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