Lymnaeidae

noun plural

Lym·nae·idae lim-ˈnē-ə-ˌdē

: a family of thin-shelled air-breathing freshwater snails (suborder Basommatophora) that have an elongate ovoidal shell with a large opening and a simple lip and that include numerous species important as intermediate hosts of trematode worms see fossaria, galba, lymnaea

lymnaeid

-ˈnē-id

adjective or noun

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“Lymnaeidae.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/Lymnaeidae. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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