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Slit-Shell

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(n.) Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Slit-Shell'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/slit-shell.html. 1828.
 
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