FAMILY TEREDINIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Shipworms

Synonyms:

family Teredinidae; Teredinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Teredinidae"):

genus Teredo (type genus of the family Teredinidae)

shipworm; teredinid (wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells)

Bankia; genus Bankia (giant shipworms)

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

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