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FAMILY LITTORINIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Littorinidae mean?
• FAMILY LITTORINIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY LITTORINIDAE has 1 sense:
1. periwinkles
Familiarity information: FAMILY LITTORINIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Periwinkles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Littorinidae; Littorinidae
Hypernyms ("family Littorinidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Littorinidae"):
genus Littorina; Littorina (type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles)
Holonyms ("family Littorinidae" is a member of...):
class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)
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