noun
type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams
• Syn: ↑genus Arca
• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arcidae, ↑family Arcidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑ark shell, ↑blood clam
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/ahr"keuh/, n., pl. arcae /-see/.
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.