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FAMILY NAUTILIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Nautilidae mean?
• FAMILY NAUTILIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY NAUTILIDAE has 1 sense:
1. spiral-shelled cephalopods
Familiarity information: FAMILY NAUTILIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiral-shelled cephalopods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Nautilidae; Nautilidae
Hypernyms ("family Nautilidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Nautilidae"):
genus Nautilus (type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae)
Holonyms ("family Nautilidae" is a member of...):
Cephalopoda; class Cephalopoda (octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus)
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