CYPRAEIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cypraeidae mean? 

• CYPRAEIDAE (noun)
  The noun CYPRAEIDAE has 1 sense:

1. family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries

  Familiarity information: CYPRAEIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYPRAEIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cypraeidae; family Cypraeidae

Hypernyms ("Cypraeidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Cypraeidae"):

Cypraea; genus Cypraea (type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries)

Holonyms ("Cypraeidae" is a member of...):

order Pectinibranchia; Pectinibranchia (large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb)