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Definition: IANTHINA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ianthina" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references)

Etymology:Ianthina \I*an"thi*na\, noun; plural Latin Ianthin[ae], English Ianthinas. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression ianthinus violet-blue, Greek; violet flower.]. (references)


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Synonym: Ianthina
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 Janthina.
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