GENUS ANODONTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anodonta mean? 

• GENUS ANODONTA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ANODONTA has 1 sense:

1. thin-shelled freshwater mussels

  Familiarity information: GENUS ANODONTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ANODONTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin-shelled freshwater mussels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anodonta; genus Anodonta

Hypernyms ("genus Anodonta" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anodonta"):

thin-shelled mussel (mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth)

Holonyms ("genus Anodonta" is a member of...):

family Unionidae; Unionidae (freshwater mussels found worldwide)