FAMILY CYPRAEIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries

Synonyms:

Cypraeidae; family Cypraeidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Cypraeidae"):

Cypraea; genus Cypraea (type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries)

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

order Pectinibranchia; Pectinibranchia (large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb)