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Nassa  n.  (pl. E. nassas, L. nassae)  (Zool.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk.






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"Nassa" Quotes from Famous Books



... were those made in the caves of Baousse-Rousse, of which we have so often spoken. M. Riviere picked up the skeletons of two children, some thousand shells (NASSA NERITEA) artificially pierced, which had been used to deck their garments: Near an adult were other shells forming a necklace, a bracelet, an amulet, and a garter worn on the left leg; whilst on the head was a regular RESILLE or net, not unlike that of the Spanish national costume, ...
— Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples • The Marquis de Nadaillac



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