TRIDACNIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large marine hard-shell clams

Synonyms:

family Tridacnidae; Tridacnidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Tridacnidae"):

genus Tridacna; Tridacna (type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams)

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

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