mollusk family
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1. a family of mollusks (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | family haliotidae, haliotidae, |
| definition | : | abalones (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family strombidae, strombidae, |
| definition | : | the family of conchs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family helicidae, helicidae, |
| definition | : | land snails including the common edible snail and some pests (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family limacidae, limacidae, |
| definition | : | slugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family neritidae, neritidae, |
| definition | : | neritids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | buccinidae, family buccinidae, |
| definition | : | whelks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cymatiidae, family cymatiidae, |
| definition | : | tritons (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family naticidae, naticidae, |
| definition | : | moonshells (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family littorinidae, littorinidae, |
| definition | : | periwinkles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family patellidae, patellidae, |
| definition | : | marine limpets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family fissurellidae, fissurellidae, |
| definition | : | marine limpets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ancylidae, family ancylidae, |
| definition | : | freshwater gastropod (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aplysiidae, family aplysiidae, family tethyidae, tethyidae, |
| definition | : | sea hares (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | akeridae, family akeridae, |
| definition | : | bubble shells (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family physidae, physidae, |
| definition | : | freshwater snails (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cypraeidae, family cypraeidae, |
| definition | : | family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family myacidae, myacidae, |
| definition | : | soft-shell clams (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family veneridae, veneridae, |
| definition | : | hard-shell clams (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family solenidae, solenidae, |
| definition | : | razor clams (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tridacnidae, tridacnidae, |
| definition | : | large marine hard-shell clams (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cardiidae, family cardiidae, |
| definition | : | somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ostreidae, ostreidae, |
| definition | : | oysters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pteriidae, pteriidae, |
| definition | : | pearl oysters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anomiidae, family anomiidae, |
| definition | : | saddle oysters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | arcidae, family arcidae, |
| definition | : | ark shells (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mytilidae, mytilidae, |
| definition | : | marine mussels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family unionidae, unionidae, |
| definition | : | freshwater mussels found worldwide (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pectinidae, pectinidae, |
| definition | : | scallops (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family teredinidae, teredinidae, |
| definition | : | shipworms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pholadidae, pholadidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Bivalvia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family nautilidae, nautilidae, |
| definition | : | spiral-shelled cephalopods (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family octopodidae, octopodidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Octopoda (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | argonautidae, family argonautidae, |
| definition | : | represented solely by the genus Argonauta (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sepiidae, sepiidae, |
| definition | : | true cuttlefishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family spirulidae, spirulidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | belemnitidae, family belemnitidae, |
| definition | : | family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia, |
| definition | : | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals (noun.animal) |
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