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GENUS BANKIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bankia mean?
• GENUS BANKIA (noun)
The noun GENUS BANKIA has 1 sense:
1. giant shipworms
Familiarity information: GENUS BANKIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Giant shipworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bankia; genus Bankia
Hypernyms ("genus Bankia" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bankia"):
Bankia setaceae; giant northwest shipworm (giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America)
Holonyms ("genus Bankia" is a member of...):
family Teredinidae; Teredinidae (shipworms)
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