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    GENUS DREISSENA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Zebra musselsplay

    Synonyms:

    Dreissena; genus Dreissena

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Dreissena"):

    Dreissena polymorpha; zebra mussel (inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels)

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

    family Unionidae; Unionidae (freshwater mussels found worldwide)

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