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littorina
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun littorina has 1 sense
- littorina(n = noun.animal) genus littorina - type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles; Array is a kind of mollusk genus
is a member of family littorinidae, littorinidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
littorina, n. [NL. See Littoral.].
A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle. [1913 Webster]
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