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FAMILY PHYSIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Physidae; Physidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Physidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Physidae"):
genus Physa (type genus of the Physidae; freshwater air-breathing snails)
Holonyms ("family Physidae" is a member of...):
order Pulmonata; Pulmonata (large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails)