genus venus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	hard clam, hard-shell clam, mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, venus mercenaria,
definition	:	an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family veneridae, veneridae,
definition	:	hard-shell clams (noun.animal)