FAMILY OSTREIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Oysters

Synonyms:

family Ostreidae; Ostreidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Ostreidae"):

oyster (marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters)

genus Ostrea; Ostrea (type genus of the family Ostreidae)

Crassostrea; genus Crassostrea (Virginia oysters)

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

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