Cypraeidae

Cypraeidae
noun
family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries
• Syn: ↑family Cypraeidae
• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pectinibranchia, ↑order Pectinibranchia
• Member Meronyms: ↑Cypraea, ↑genus Cypraea

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\\-əˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cypraea, type genus + -idae
: a family of marine gastropod mollusks (suborder Taenioglossa) comprising the cowries — see cypraea

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