family cypraeidae

English Thesaurus

1. family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mollusk family,
definition	:	a family of mollusks (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cypraea, genus cypraea,
definition	:	type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order pectinibranchia, pectinibranchia,
definition	:	large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb (noun.animal)