PHYSIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Physidae mean? 

• PHYSIDAE (noun)
  The noun PHYSIDAE has 1 sense:

1. freshwater snails

  Familiarity information: PHYSIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Freshwater snails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Physidae; Physidae

Hypernyms ("Physidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Physidae"):

genus Physa (type genus of the Physidae; freshwater air-breathing snails)

Holonyms ("Physidae" is a member of...):

order Pulmonata; Pulmonata (large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails)