pinctada

English Thesaurus

1. pearl oysters (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	pearl oyster, pinctada margaritifera,
definition	:	tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family pteriidae, pteriidae,
definition	:	pearl oysters (noun.animal)