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GENUS HALIOTIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Haliotidae
Synonyms:
genus Haliotis; Haliotis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Haliotis" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Haliotis"):
abalone; ear-shell (any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior)
Holonyms ("genus Haliotis" is a member of...):
family Haliotidae; Haliotidae (abalones)
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