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FAMILY NATICIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Naticidae mean?
• FAMILY NATICIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY NATICIDAE has 1 sense:
1. moonshells
Familiarity information: FAMILY NATICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moonshells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Naticidae; Naticidae
Hypernyms ("family Naticidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Naticidae"):
moon shell; moonshell (marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires)
Holonyms ("family Naticidae" is a member of...):
class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)
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