melanian (English, noun)
expansion: melanian (plural melanians)
Senses:
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: melanians
tags: plural