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FAMILY VENERIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Veneridae mean?
• FAMILY VENERIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY VENERIDAE has 1 sense:
1. hard-shell clams
Familiarity information: FAMILY VENERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hard-shell clams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Veneridae; Veneridae
Hypernyms ("family Veneridae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Veneridae"):
genus Venus; Venus (type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells)
genus Mercenaria; Mercenaria (a genus of Veneridae)
Holonyms ("family Veneridae" is a member of...):
Myaceae; order Myaceae (clams)
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