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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NATICA

Nat "i *ca, n.; pl. Naticas (, L. NaticÆ (. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.