Limnaea

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Limnaea \Lim*n[ae]"a\ (l[i^]m*n[=e]"[.a]), prop. n. [NL., fr.
     Gr. limnai^os pertaining to a marsh, fr. li`mh a marsh.]
     (Zool.)
     A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in
     ponds and streams; -- called also {pond snail}. [Written also
     {Lymn[ae]a}.]


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