ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgläsə, -lȯsə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from sten- + -glossa
: a suborder of Pectinibranchia containing many common marine snails (as the cone shells, olive shells, whelks) which have a concentrated nervous system, a radula, an unpaired esophageal gland, and usually a well-developed proboscis and including the groups Rachiglossa and Toxoglossa