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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 plants
Familiarity information: ANCYLUS FLUVIATILIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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