English Explanatory Dictionary

polygyrid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any snail in the family Polygyridae.

Word forms

polygyrid polygyrids

Etymology

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”).

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