Toxoglossa

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

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