SINCE 1828
Stenoglossa
plural noun
Steno·glos·sa
| \ -lȯsə\
Definition of Stenoglossa
: a suborder of Pectinibranchia containing many common marine snails (such as the cone shells, olive shells, whelks) which have a concentrated nervous system, a radula, an unpaired esophageal gland, and usually a well-developed proboscis and including the groups Rachiglossa and Toxoglossa
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