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GENUS VENUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells

Synonyms:

genus Venus; Venus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Venus"):

hard-shell clam; hard clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; quahaug; quahog; round clam; Venus mercenaria (an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians)

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

family Veneridae; Veneridae (hard-shell clams)

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