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ˌtoxoˈglossate, a. Zool.
[f. mod.L. Toxoglossa (Troschel, 1848), f. Gr. τόξα arrows, darts + γλῶσσα tongue (not from τοξικόν poison): see -ate2 2.]
Having the characters of the Toxoglossa of Troschel, a group of gastropod molluscs; the same as Gray's Toxifera.
[1848Troschel in Wilfmann & Ruthe Handbch. d. Zoologie (ed. 3).] 1853J. E. Gray in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. ii. XI. 230 [following Troschel]Sub-order Rostrifera... Section 2. Toxoglossa, lingual membrane with two series of subulate, elongate, often barbed lateral teeth. 1891Cent. Dict. s.v., A toxoglossate gastropod. [1913G. C. Bourne in Let., I am pretty sure that Troschel compared the teeth to arrows..when he described and classified 3 families as Toxoglossa... As a matter of fact all the Toxoglossa have a poison-gland, but this was a later discovery.] |