FAMILY UNIONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Unionidae mean? 

• FAMILY UNIONIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY UNIONIDAE has 1 sense:

1. freshwater mussels found worldwide

  Familiarity information: FAMILY UNIONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY UNIONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Freshwater mussels found worldwide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Unionidae; Unionidae

Hypernyms ("family Unionidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Unionidae"):

genus Unio; Unio (type genus of the family Unionidae)

Anodonta; genus Anodonta (thin-shelled freshwater mussels)

Dreissena; genus Dreissena (zebra mussels)

Holonyms ("family Unionidae" is a member of...):

Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)