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BANKIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bankia mean?
• BANKIA (noun)
The noun BANKIA has 1 sense:
1. giant shipworms
Familiarity information: BANKIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Giant shipworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bankia; genus Bankia
Hypernyms ("Bankia" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "Bankia"):
Bankia setaceae; giant northwest shipworm (giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America)
Holonyms ("Bankia" is a member of...):
family Teredinidae; Teredinidae (shipworms)
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