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GENUS ANCYLUS

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

1. type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet

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

• GENUS 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 ("genus Ancylus" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ancylus"):

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

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

Ancylidae; family Ancylidae (freshwater gastropod)

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Useful links:
Definition of mollusk genus
Definition of Ancylus fluviatilis
Definition of freshwater limpet
Definition of river limpet
Definition of Ancylidae

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