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    GENUS CYPRAEA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowriesplay

    Synonyms:

    Cypraea; genus Cypraea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Cypraea" is a kind of...):

    mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Cypraea"):

    cowrie; cowry (any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells)

    Holonyms ("genus Cypraea" is a member of...):

    Cypraeidae; family Cypraeidae (family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries)

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