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HALIOTIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Haliotidae

Synonyms:

genus Haliotis; Haliotis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Haliotis"):

abalone; ear-shell (any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior)

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

family Haliotidae; Haliotidae (abalones)

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