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PATELLIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Marine limpets

Synonyms:

family Patellidae; Patellidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Patellidae"):

genus Patella; Patella (type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets)

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

class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)

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