PECTINIBRANCHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pectinibranchia mean? 

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

1. large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PECTINIBRANCHIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Pectinibranchia; Pectinibranchia

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Pectinibranchia"):

Cypraeidae; family Cypraeidae (family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries)

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

class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)