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HALIOTIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Haliotis mean?
• HALIOTIS (noun)
The noun HALIOTIS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Haliotidae
Familiarity information: HALIOTIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Haliotidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Haliotis; Haliotis
Hypernyms ("Haliotis" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "Haliotis"):
abalone; ear-shell (any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior)
Holonyms ("Haliotis" is a member of...):
family Haliotidae; Haliotidae (abalones)
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