Definition of Ianthina

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ianthina
(n.)
Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.
  

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ianthina
iatraliptic \i*a`tra*lip"tic\ (?), a. [gr. &?;; &?; physician + &?; belonging to the &?; or anointer, fr. &?; to anoint: cf. f. iatraliptique.] treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [written also iatroleptic.] [