TRIDACNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tridacna mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIDACNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tridacna; Tridacna

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Tridacna"):

giant clam; Tridacna gigas (a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds)

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

family Tridacnidae; Tridacnidae (large marine hard-shell clams)