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noun
Any snail in the family Polygyridae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: helicoid
History
Borrowed from translingual Polygyridae, itself from the type genus Polygyra + -idae (taxonomic familial suffix). Further from translingual poly- (“multiple, many”, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús)) + Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “ring, circle”).
