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FAMILY MYTILIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Mytilidae mean?
• FAMILY MYTILIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MYTILIDAE has 1 sense:
1. marine mussels
Familiarity information: FAMILY MYTILIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine mussels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Mytilidae; Mytilidae
Hypernyms ("family Mytilidae" is a kind of...):
mollusk family (a family of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "family Mytilidae"):
genus Mytilus; Mytilus (type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels)
marine mussel; mytilid (marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones)
Holonyms ("family Mytilidae" is a member of...):
Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)
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