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PECTINIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Scallops

Synonyms:

family Pectinidae; Pectinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Pectinidae"):

escallop; scallop; scollop (edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions)

genus Pecten (type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops)

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

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

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