GENUS NERITA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nerita mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Neritidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS NERITA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Neritidae

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Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Nerita"):

nerita (a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum)

bleeding tooth; Nerita peloronta (gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area)

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

family Neritidae; Neritidae (neritids)