- genus Anomia
- nountype genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters• Syn: ↑Anomia• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Anomiidae, ↑family Anomiidae• Member Meronyms: ↑saddle oyster, ↑Anomia ephippium
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genus Anomia
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Anomia — noun type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters • Syn: ↑genus Anomia • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Anomiidae, ↑family Anomiidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Anomia trigonopsis — Taxobox name = Anomia trigonopsis fossil range = Upper Oligocene to Recent image caption = status = status system = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Ostreoida familia = Anomiidae genus = Anomia species = A.… … Wikipedia
Anomia ephippium — noun thin shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched • Syn: ↑saddle oyster • Hypernyms: ↑oyster • Member Holonyms: ↑Anomia, ↑genus Anomia … Useful english dictionary
Anomia — A*no mi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? irregular; a priv. + no mos law.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mollusk genus — noun a genus of mollusks • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Haliotis, ↑genus Haliotis, ↑Lambis, ↑genus Lambis, ↑Strombus, ↑genus Strombus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
saddle oyster — noun thin shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched • Syn: ↑Anomia ephippium • Hypernyms: ↑oyster • Member Holonyms: ↑Anomia, ↑genus Anomia * * * noun 1 … Useful english dictionary
jingle shell — noun : a mollusk of the genus Anomia or sometimes of the family Anomiidae having thin flat translucent shell valves that produce noise when dried and shaken together * * * 1. any of several marine, bivalve mollusks of the genus Anomia, having a… … Useful english dictionary
Ostreoida — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Anomiidae — noun saddle oysters • Syn: ↑family Anomiidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia … Useful english dictionary
family Anomiidae — noun saddle oysters • Syn: ↑Anomiidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
