English Explanatory Dictionary

melanian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a family (Melaniidae) of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks with a turret-shaped shell, now considered a synonym of the family Thiaridae, but also containing many species since reclassified into other families.

Word forms

melanian melanians

Etymology

From the obsolete genus Melania.

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