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FISSURELLA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets

Synonyms:

Fissurella; genus Fissurella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Fissurella"):

Diodora apertura; Fissurella apertura; keyhole limpet (marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex)

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

family Fissurellidae; Fissurellidae (marine limpets)

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