FAMILY BUCCINIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Whelks

Synonyms:

Buccinidae; family Buccinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Buccinidae"):

whelk (large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell)

Holonyms ("family Buccinidae" is a member of...):

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