ARCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arcidae mean? 

• ARCIDAE (noun)
  The noun ARCIDAE has 1 sense:

1. ark shells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ark shells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Arcidae; family Arcidae

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Arcidae"):

Arca; genus Arca (type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams)

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

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