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FAMILY BUCCINIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Buccinidae mean?
• FAMILY BUCCINIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY BUCCINIDAE has 1 sense:
1. whelks
Familiarity information: FAMILY BUCCINIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whelks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Buccinidae; family Buccinidae
Hypernyms ("family Buccinidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Buccinidae"):
whelk (large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell)
Holonyms ("family Buccinidae" is a member of...):
class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)
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