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GENUS TRIDACNA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tridacna mean?
• GENUS TRIDACNA (noun)
The noun GENUS TRIDACNA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams
Familiarity information: GENUS TRIDACNA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tridacna; Tridacna
Hypernyms ("genus Tridacna" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tridacna"):
giant clam; Tridacna gigas (a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds)
Holonyms ("genus Tridacna" is a member of...):
family Tridacnidae; Tridacnidae (large marine hard-shell clams)
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