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NAUTILIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nautilidae mean?
• NAUTILIDAE (noun)
The noun NAUTILIDAE has 1 sense:
1. spiral-shelled cephalopods
Familiarity information: NAUTILIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiral-shelled cephalopods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Nautilidae; Nautilidae
Hypernyms ("Nautilidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "Nautilidae"):
genus Nautilus (type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae)
Holonyms ("Nautilidae" is a member of...):
Cephalopoda; class Cephalopoda (octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus)
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