pholadidae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of Bivalvia (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mollusk family,
definition	:	a family of mollusks (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus pholas, pholas,
definition	:	type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	bivalvia, class bivalvia, class lamellibranchia, class pelecypoda, lamellibranchia,
definition	:	oysters; clams; scallops; mussels (noun.animal)