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GENUS LAMBIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lambis mean?
• GENUS LAMBIS (noun)
The noun GENUS LAMBIS has 1 sense:
1. scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere
Familiarity information: GENUS LAMBIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lambis; Lambis
Hypernyms ("genus Lambis" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lambis"):
scorpion shell (any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines)
Holonyms ("genus Lambis" is a member of...):
family Strombidae; Strombidae (the family of conchs)
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