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FAMILY PTERIIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pteriidae mean?

• FAMILY PTERIIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY PTERIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. pearl oysters

Familiarity information: FAMILY PTERIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY PTERIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Pteriidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Pearl oysters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pteriidae; Pteriidae

Hypernyms ("family Pteriidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Pteriidae"):

genus Pinctada; Pinctada (pearl oysters)

Holonyms ("family Pteriidae" is a member of...):

Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)

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