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FISSURELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fissurella mean?
• FISSURELLA (noun)
The noun FISSURELLA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets
Familiarity information: FISSURELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Fissurella; genus Fissurella
Hypernyms ("Fissurella" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "Fissurella"):
Diodora apertura; Fissurella apertura; keyhole limpet (marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex)
Holonyms ("Fissurella" is a member of...):
family Fissurellidae; Fissurellidae (marine limpets)
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