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Meaning of FISSURELLA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets
 
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 Synonyms: genus Fissurella
 
 See Also: Diodora apertura, family Fissurellidae, Fissurella apertura, Fissurellidae, keyhole limpet, mollusk genus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fis`su*rel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. fissura a
fissure.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or
limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also
{keyhole limpet}.
 

 

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