OSTREIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ostreidae mean? 

• OSTREIDAE (noun)
  The noun OSTREIDAE has 1 sense:

1. oysters

  Familiarity information: OSTREIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTREIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oysters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Ostreidae; Ostreidae

Hypernyms ("Ostreidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Ostreidae"):

oyster (marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters)

genus Ostrea; Ostrea (type genus of the family Ostreidae)

Crassostrea; genus Crassostrea (Virginia oysters)

Holonyms ("Ostreidae" is a member of...):

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