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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Shipwormsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Teredinidae; Teredinidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

    Meronyms (members of "family Teredinidae"):

    genus Teredo (type genus of the family Teredinidae)

    shipworm; teredinid (wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells)

    Bankia; genus Bankia (giant shipworms)

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

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

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