(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:53:20

Lim`a*ci"na (?), n. [NL., From L. limax, limacis, a slug.] Zool.

A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.

 

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