Library / English Dictionary

PLACUNA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Windowpane oysters

Synonyms:

genus Placuna; Placuna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Placuna"):

capiz; Placuna placenta; window oyster; windowpane oyster (marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell)

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

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

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