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    RIVER LIMPET

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plantsplay

    Synonyms:

    Ancylus fluviatilis; freshwater limpet; river limpet

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("river limpet" is a kind of...):

    gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

    Holonyms ("river limpet" is a member of...):

    Ancylus; genus Ancylus (type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet)

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