Akademik

Arcidae

noun

ark shells

• Syn: ↑family Arcidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑class Pelecypoda

• Member Meronyms: ↑Arca, ↑genus Arca

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\\ˈärsəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Arca, type genus + -idae

: a large family of chiefly tropical lamellibranch mollusks (order Filibranchia) with ribbed equivalve shell having a strong toothed hinge — see ark shell

Useful english dictionary. 2012.