HELICIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Helicidae mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• 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 ("Helicidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Helicidae"):

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

Holonyms ("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)