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GENUS ENSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Razor clams

Synonyms:

Ensis; genus Ensis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ensis"):

jackknife clam; knife-handle; razor clam (marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell)

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

family Solenidae; Solenidae (razor clams)

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