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3 words match “FASCIOLA”

FASCIOLA n.
A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Wilder.
LINE n.
lly in the selection of the dam or mother. -- Line conch (Zoöl.), a spiral marine shell (Fasciolaria distans), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines. -- Line engraving. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin…
TULIP-SHELL n.
A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria.