GENUS FISSURELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Fissurella mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS FISSURELLA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Fissurella; genus Fissurella

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Fissurella"):

Diodora apertura; Fissurella apertura; keyhole limpet (marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex)

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

family Fissurellidae; Fissurellidae (marine limpets)