SPIRULIDAE

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications

Synonyms:

family Spirulidae; Spirulidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Spirulidae"):

genus Spirula (genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites)

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

Decapoda; order Decapoda (squids and cuttlefishes)