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MYA ARENARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mya arenaria mean? 

MYA ARENARIA (noun)
  The noun MYA ARENARIA has 1 sense:

1. an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europeplay

  Familiarity information: MYA ARENARIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MYA ARENARIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

long-neck clam; Mya arenaria; soft-shell clam; steamer; steamer clam

Hypernyms ("Mya arenaria" is a kind of...):

clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)

Meronyms (parts of "Mya arenaria"):

long-neck clam; soft-shell clam; steamer; steamer clam (a clam that is usually steamed in the shell)

Holonyms ("Mya arenaria" is a member of...):

genus Mya; Mya (type genus of the family Myacidae)


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