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D pretiosum

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ioqua shell \I"o*qua shell`\ [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The shell of a large Dentalium ({D. pretiosum}), formerly
   used as shell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the
   west coast of North America.
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