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PHOLADIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pholadidae mean?
• PHOLADIDAE (noun)
The noun PHOLADIDAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of Bivalvia
Familiarity information: PHOLADIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of Bivalvia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pholadidae; Pholadidae
Hypernyms ("Pholadidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "Pholadidae"):
genus Pholas; Pholas (type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks)
Holonyms ("Pholadidae" is a member of...):
Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)
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