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CIDE DICTIONARY

nassa

CIDE DICTIONARY

nassan. [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.].
     Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidæ; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.  [1913 Webster]

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