FAMILY BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Branchiobdellidae mean? 

• FAMILY BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches

  Familiarity information: FAMILY BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Branchiobdellidae; family Branchiobdellidae

Hypernyms ("family Branchiobdellidae" is a kind of...):

worm family (a family of worms)

Meronyms (members of "family Branchiobdellidae"):

Branchiobdella; genus Branchiobdella (type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker)

Holonyms ("family Branchiobdellidae" is a member of...):

class Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta (earthworms)