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Nerita

Nerita Meaning & Definition
Nerita Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nerita?

[n] having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum

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See Also | genus Nerita | neritid | neritid gastropod

Nerita In Webster's Dictionary

\Ne*ri"ta\, n. [L., a sort of sea mussel, gr. ?, ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.

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