lamellibranchia
English Thesaurus
1. oysters; clams; scallops; mussels (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod, |
| definition | : | marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | spat, |
| definition | : | a young oyster or other bivalve (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | myaceae, order myaceae, |
| definition | : | clams (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family tridacnidae, tridacnidae, |
| definition | : | large marine hard-shell clams (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cardiidae, family cardiidae, |
| definition | : | somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family ostreidae, ostreidae, |
| definition | : | oysters (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family pteriidae, pteriidae, |
| definition | : | pearl oysters (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | anomiidae, family anomiidae, |
| definition | : | saddle oysters (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus placuna, placuna, |
| definition | : | windowpane oysters (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | arcidae, family arcidae, |
| definition | : | ark shells (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family mytilidae, mytilidae, |
| definition | : | marine mussels (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family unionidae, unionidae, |
| definition | : | freshwater mussels found worldwide (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family pectinidae, pectinidae, |
| definition | : | scallops (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family teredinidae, teredinidae, |
| definition | : | shipworms (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family pholadidae, pholadidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Bivalvia (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | mollusca, phylum mollusca, |
| definition | : | gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons (noun.animal) |
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