noun
pearl oysters
• Syn: ↑Pteriidae
• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑class Pelecypoda
• Member Meronyms: ↑Pinctada, ↑genus Pinctada
Useful english dictionary. 2012.