"melanian" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the obsolete genus Melania.",
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        "One of a family of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks with a turret-shaped shell (Melaniidae), which is now considered a synonym for the family Thiaridae, but also containing many species since reclassified into other families."
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          "freshwater",
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          "pectinibranchiate",
          "pectinibranchiate"
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          "mollusk",
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          "turret",
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        "(malacology, obsolete) One of a family of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks with a turret-shaped shell (Melaniidae), which is now considered a synonym for the family Thiaridae, but also containing many species since reclassified into other families."
      ],
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        "malacology",
        "natural-sciences"
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  "word": "melanian"
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  "etymology_text": "From the obsolete genus Melania.",
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