TRIONYCHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trionychidae mean? 

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

1. soft-shelled turtles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIONYCHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soft-shelled turtles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Trionychidae; Trionychidae

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

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Trionychidae"):

pancake turtle; soft-shelled turtle (voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites)

genus Trionyx; Trionyx (type genus of the Trionychidae)

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

Chelonia; order Chelonia; order Testudinata; order Testudines; Testudinata; Testudines (tortoises and turtles)