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‖ magilus Conch.|ˈmædʒɪləs|
Pl. magili.
[mod. Latin (D. de Montfort, 1810; the authorities cited by him do not contain the name, the origin of which is unexplained.)]
A gasteropod mollusc (Magilus antiquus) found in the Red Sea, parasitic upon living coral.
1824Dubois Epit. Lamarck's Arrangem. Testacea, 21 The animal of the Magilus. 1851–6Woodward Mollusca 12. 1876 Beneden's Anim. Parasites 38 A mollusc called Magilus, which naturalists considered for a long time to be the calcareous tube of an annelid. Ibid., All conchologists know the shell of the Magili, so valued by collectors. |