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GENUS NERITA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Neritidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Nerita" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Nerita"):
nerita (a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum)
bleeding tooth; Nerita peloronta (gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area)
Holonyms ("genus Nerita" is a member of...):
family Neritidae; Neritidae (neritids)
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