||Tox`o*glos"sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
to`xon a bow + &?; tongue.] (Zoöl.) A division
of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison
fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are
examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4,
Pleurotoma, and Terebra.
||Tox`o*glos"sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
to`xon a bow + &?; tongue.] (Zoöl.) A division
of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison
fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are
examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4,
Pleurotoma, and Terebra.