PLACUNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Placuna mean? 

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

1. windowpane oysters

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLACUNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Windowpane oysters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Placuna; Placuna

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Placuna"):

capiz; Placuna placenta; window oyster; windowpane oyster (marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell)

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

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