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FAMILY OSTREIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ostreidae mean?
• FAMILY OSTREIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY OSTREIDAE has 1 sense:
1. oysters
Familiarity information: FAMILY OSTREIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oysters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Ostreidae; Ostreidae
Hypernyms ("family Ostreidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Ostreidae"):
oyster (marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters)
genus Ostrea; Ostrea (type genus of the family Ostreidae)
Crassostrea; genus Crassostrea (Virginia oysters)
Holonyms ("family Ostreidae" is a member of...):
Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)
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