FAMILY MYTILIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Marine mussels

Synonyms:

family Mytilidae; Mytilidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Mytilidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Mytilidae"):

genus Mytilus; Mytilus (type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels)

marine mussel; mytilid (marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones)

Holonyms ("family Mytilidae" is a member of...):

Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)