noun
gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area
• Syn: ↑Nerita peloronta
• Hypernyms: ↑neritid, ↑neritid gastropod
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Nerita
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noun : a marine gastropod mollusk (Nerita peloronta) of the Caribbean area having projections resembling teeth reddish about the base on the inner wall of the aperture; also : any of several related mollusks some of which lack the colored projections
Useful english dictionary. 2012.