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    CYPRAEIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of marine gastropods comprising the cowriesplay

    Synonyms:

    Cypraeidae; family Cypraeidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Cypraeidae" is a kind of...):

    mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

    Meronyms (members of "Cypraeidae"):

    Cypraea; genus Cypraea (type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries)

    Holonyms ("Cypraeidae" is a member of...):

    order Pectinibranchia; Pectinibranchia (large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb)

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