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FAMILY HELICIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Helicidae mean? 

FAMILY HELICIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY HELICIDAE has 1 sense:

1. land snails including the common edible snail and some pestsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY HELICIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Land snails including the common edible snail and some pests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Helicidae; Helicidae

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Helicidae"):

genus Helix; Helix (type genus of the family Helicidae)

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

order Pulmonata; Pulmonata (large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails)


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