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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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.