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FAMILY PHYSIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Freshwater snails

Synonyms:

family Physidae; Physidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Physidae"):

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

Holonyms ("family 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)

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