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ANCYLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ancylidae mean? 

ANCYLIDAE (noun)
  The noun ANCYLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. freshwater gastropodplay

  Familiarity information: ANCYLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANCYLIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Freshwater gastropod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ancylidae; family Ancylidae

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Ancylidae"):

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

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

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


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