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NERITA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nerita mean? 

NERITA (noun)
  The noun NERITA has 1 sense:

1. a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculumplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NERITA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nerita" is a kind of...):

neritid; neritid gastropod (operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell)

Holonyms ("nerita" is a member of...):

genus Nerita (type genus of the Neritidae)


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