FAMILY PHOLADIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pholadidae mean? 

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

1. a family of Bivalvia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PHOLADIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Bivalvia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pholadidae; Pholadidae

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Pholadidae"):

genus Pholas; Pholas (type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks)

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

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