Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Taenioglossa

Taenioglossa , noun, plural

[New Latin, from Greek taini`a a ribbon + glw^ssa a tongue.]

(Zoology) An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh-water.