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FAMILY SPIRULIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications
Synonyms:
family Spirulidae; Spirulidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Spirulidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Spirulidae"):
genus Spirula (genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites)
Holonyms ("family Spirulidae" is a member of...):
Decapoda; order Decapoda (squids and cuttlefishes)
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