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NERITID GASTROPOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neritid gastropod mean?
• NERITID GASTROPOD (noun)
The noun NERITID GASTROPOD has 1 sense:
1. operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell
Familiarity information: NERITID GASTROPOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
neritid; neritid gastropod
Hypernyms ("neritid gastropod" is a kind of...):
seasnail (any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neritid gastropod"):
nerita (a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum)
bleeding tooth; Nerita peloronta (gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area)
neritina (ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters)
Holonyms ("neritid gastropod" is a member of...):
family Neritidae; Neritidae (neritids)
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