GENUS CYPRAEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cypraea mean? 

• GENUS CYPRAEA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CYPRAEA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries

  Familiarity information: GENUS CYPRAEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CYPRAEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cypraea; genus Cypraea

Hypernyms ("genus Cypraea" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cypraea"):

cowrie; cowry (any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells)

Holonyms ("genus Cypraea" is a member of...):

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