genus tridacna

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	giant clam, tridacna gigas,
definition	:	a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family tridacnidae, tridacnidae,
definition	:	large marine hard-shell clams (noun.animal)