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NERITINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neritina mean?
• NERITINA (noun)
The noun NERITINA has 1 sense:
1. ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters
Familiarity information: NERITINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("neritina" is a kind of...):
neritid; neritid gastropod (operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell)
Holonyms ("neritina" is a member of...):
genus Neritina (a genus of Neritidae)
Context examples
A macrocyclic lactone isolated from the bryozoan Bugula neritina with antineoplastic activity.
(Bryostatin 1, NCI Thesaurus)
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