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FAMILY PHOLADIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of Bivalvia

Synonyms:

family Pholadidae; Pholadidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Pholadidae"):

genus Pholas; Pholas (type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks)

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

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

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