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FAMILY PECTINIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scallops
Synonyms:
family Pectinidae; Pectinidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Pectinidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Pectinidae"):
escallop; scallop; scollop (edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions)
genus Pecten (type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops)
Holonyms ("family Pectinidae" is a member of...):
Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)
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