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ANOMIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anomiidae mean? 

ANOMIIDAE (noun)
  The noun ANOMIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. saddle oystersplay

  Familiarity information: ANOMIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANOMIIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Saddle oysters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anomiidae; family Anomiidae

Hypernyms ("Anomiidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Anomiidae"):

Anomia; genus Anomia (type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters)

Holonyms ("Anomiidae" is a member of...):

Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)


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