NATICIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Moonshells

Synonyms:

family Naticidae; Naticidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Naticidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Naticidae"):

moon shell; moonshell (marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires)

Holonyms ("Naticidae" is a member of...):

class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)