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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ancylus mean?

• ANCYLUS (noun)
The noun ANCYLUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet

Familiarity information: ANCYLUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANCYLUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ancylus; genus Ancylus

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Ancylus"):

Ancylus fluviatilis; freshwater limpet; river limpet (minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants)

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

Ancylidae; family Ancylidae (freshwater gastropod)

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