nassa

nassa or naxa ae, f

NA-, a weel, wickertrap for fish ; hence, fig., a snare, net : ex hac nassā exire: inclusus carcere nassae (aeger), Iu.

nassa
nassa or naxa, ae, f. [no], a wickerbasket with a narrow neck, for catching fish, a weel. I Lit....

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Nassa
·noun Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the ...

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