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NEPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nepa mean?
• NEPA (noun)
The noun NEPA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions
Familiarity information: NEPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nepa; Nepa
Hypernyms ("Nepa" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Holonyms ("Nepa" is a member of...):
family Nepidae; Nepidae (water scorpions)
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