Akademik

Ostreidae

noun

oysters

• Syn: ↑family Ostreidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑oyster, ↑Ostrea, ↑genus Ostrea, ↑Crassostrea, ↑genus Crassostrea

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\\äˈstrēəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of bivalve mollusks (suborder Ostraeacea) being usually attached by the lower valve and including the common edible oysters

Useful english dictionary. 2012.