- genus Mercenaria
- nouna genus of Veneridae• Syn: ↑Mercenaria• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Veneridae, ↑family Veneridae
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genus Mercenaria
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Mercenaria — This article is about genus of clams. For other uses, see Mercenaria (disambiguation). Mercenaria Hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Mercenaria — noun a genus of Veneridae • Syn: ↑genus Mercenaria • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Veneridae, ↑family Veneridae * * * ˌmərsənˈa(a)rēə … Useful english dictionary
Mercenaria (disambiguation) — Mercenaria may refer to: Mercenaria, a genus of edible clams Species Latin binomial name abbreviations A. mercenaria M. mercenaria (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles asso … Wikipedia
MERCENARIA — Militia, sin???lectu causae, grande nefas. Sicut enim socicates bellicae, eo mitae animô, ut in quodvis bellum nullô causae discrimine promittantrur auxilia, illicitae; Ita nullum vitae genus est improbius, quam eorum, qui sine causae respectu… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
genus Venus — noun type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells • Syn: ↑Venus • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Veneridae, ↑family Veneridae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Mercenaria mercenaria — noun an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians • Syn: ↑quahog, ↑quahaug, ↑hard shell clam, ↑hard clam, ↑round clam, ↑Venus mercenaria • Hypernyms: ↑clam … Useful english dictionary
genus Menippe — noun stone crabs • Syn: ↑Menippe • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Brachyura, ↑suborder Brachyura • Member Meronyms: ↑st … Useful english dictionary
mollusk genus — noun a genus of mollusks • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Haliotis, ↑genus Haliotis, ↑Lambis, ↑genus Lambis, ↑Strombus, ↑genus Strombus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Venus (genus) — Taxobox name = Venus clam image caption = Venus affinis regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia subclassis = Pteriomorphia ordo = Veneroida familia = Veneridae genus = Venus genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758 subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
Menippe mercenaria — Stone Stone, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
