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ANCYLUS FLUVIATILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ancylus fluviatilis mean? 

ANCYLUS FLUVIATILIS (noun)
  The noun ANCYLUS FLUVIATILIS has 1 sense:

1. minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plantsplay

  Familiarity information: ANCYLUS FLUVIATILIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANCYLUS FLUVIATILIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ancylus fluviatilis; freshwater limpet; river limpet

Hypernyms ("Ancylus fluviatilis" is a kind of...):

gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

Holonyms ("Ancylus fluviatilis" is a member of...):

Ancylus; genus Ancylus (type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet)


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