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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ianthina \I*an"thi*na\, n.; pl. L. Ianthin[ae], E.
   Ianthinas. [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. ?; ?
   violet + ? flower.] (Zool.)
   Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various
   species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple
   shell, and violet snail. [Written also janthina.]
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it
         constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles
         of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients
         was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Janthina \Jan"thi*na\, n. (Zool.)
   See Ianthina.
   [1913 Webster]
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