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    FAMILY HELICIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Land snails including the common edible snail and some pestsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Helicidae; Helicidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Helicidae" is a kind of...):

    mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

    Meronyms (members of "family Helicidae"):

    genus Helix; Helix (type genus of the family Helicidae)

    Holonyms ("family Helicidae" is a member of...):

    order Pulmonata; Pulmonata (large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails)

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