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NERITIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Neritids

Synonyms:

family Neritidae; Neritidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Neritidae"):

neritid; neritid gastropod (operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell)

genus Nerita (type genus of the Neritidae)

genus Neritina (a genus of Neritidae)

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

class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)

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