Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bulimus \Bu*li"mus\ (b[-u]*l[imac]"m[u^]s), n. [L. bulimus
   hunger. See {Bulimy}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell,
   often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in
   tropical America.