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Oyster drill
Meaning
Noun
●
In Neogastropods:
A
sea snail
, including Urosalpinx
cinerea
and others in
subfamily
Ocenebrinae, such as
genera
Urosalpinx, Eupleura, and Ocenebra), that
feeds
on
oysters
and other
shellfish
, using an
eversible
gland
to
soften
its prey's
shell
so that it can
make a hole
in the
shell
using its
radula
and
consume
the flesh.
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