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NERITA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nerita mean?
• NERITA (noun)
The noun NERITA has 1 sense:
1. a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum
Familiarity information: NERITA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("nerita" is a kind of...):
neritid; neritid gastropod (operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell)
Holonyms ("nerita" is a member of...):
genus Nerita (type genus of the Neritidae)
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