genus Placuna

genus Placuna
noun
windowpane oysters
Syn: ↑Placuna
Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus
Member Meronyms: ↑window oyster, ↑windowpane oyster, ↑capiz, ↑Placuna placenta

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  • Placuna — noun windowpane oysters • Syn: ↑genus Placuna • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Placuna placenta — noun marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell • Syn: ↑window oyster, ↑windowpane oyster, ↑capiz • Hypernyms: ↑oyster • Member Holonyms: ↑Placuna, ↑ …   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

  • capiz — noun marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell • Syn: ↑window oyster, ↑windowpane oyster, ↑Placuna placenta • Hypernyms: ↑oyster • Member Holonyms: ↑Placuna, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • windowpane oyster — noun marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell • Syn: ↑window oyster, ↑capiz, ↑Placuna placenta • Hypernyms: ↑oyster • Member Holonyms: ↑Placuna, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • window oyster — noun marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell • Syn: ↑windowpane oyster, ↑capiz, ↑Placuna placenta • Hypernyms: ↑oyster • Member Holonyms: ↑Placuna, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ostreoida — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

  • capiz — /keuh peez , ka /, n. 1. a small marine bivalve of the genus Placuna, esp. P. placenta, common in Philippine coastal waters and some other parts of the Pacific Ocean. 2. Also called windowpane shell, windowglass shell. the squarish, translucent… …   Universalium

  • Bivalvia — noun oysters; clams; scallops; mussels • Syn: ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑class Pelecypoda • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • class Bivalvia — noun oysters; clams; scallops; mussels • Syn: ↑Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑class Pelecypoda • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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