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Veneridae

noun

hard-shell clams

• Syn: ↑family Veneridae

• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Myaceae, ↑order Myaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Venus, ↑genus Venus, ↑Mercenaria, ↑genus Mercenaria

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\\və̇ˈnerəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Vener-, Venus, type genus + -idae

: a family of bivalve mollusks (order Eulamellibranchia) mostly having a solid equivalve shell, short siphons, and a narrow foot and sometimes a strikingly sculptured shell

Useful english dictionary. 2012.