decollate snail

decollate snail
/dee kol"it, dek"euh lit/
a cone-shaped, burrowing snail, Rumina decollata, that feeds on common brown garden snails. Also called decollated awl snail.
[ < NL decollata, the specific epithet; see DECOLLATE1]

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