n :  a genus of snails formerly almost coextensive with the family Lymnaeidae but now comprising comparatively few species of dextrally coiled freshwater snails that include some medically important intermediate hosts of flukes - compare FOSSARIA GALBA  .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  lam·i·na  lem·on  li·men  lu·men 
 
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