Nassa

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. ·see ·Illust. under Gastropoda.

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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
nassa or naxa ae, f NA-, a weel, wickertrap for fish ; hence, fig., a snare, net : ex hac nassā e...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary