- genus Tridacna
- nountype genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams• Syn: ↑Tridacna• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Tridacnidae, ↑family Tridacnidae• Member Meronyms: ↑giant clam, ↑Tridacna gigas
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genus Tridacna
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Tridacna — Taxobox name = Tridacna image width = 250px image caption = Giant Clam regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Veneroida familia = Tridacnidae genus = Tridacna genus authority = Bruguière, 1797 subdivision ranks = Species… … Wikipedia
Tridacna squamosa — Taxobox name = Tridacna squamosa status = cd status system = iucn2.3 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Veneroida familia = Tridacnidae genus = Tridacna species = T. squamosa binomial = Tridacna… … Wikipedia
Tridacna rosewateri — Taxobox name = Tridacna rosewateri status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Veneroida familia = Tridacnidae genus = Tridacna species = T. rosewateri binomial = Tridacna rosewateri… … Wikipedia
Tridacna costata — Taxobox name = Tridacna costata image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Veneroida familia = Tridacnidae genus = Tridacna species = T. costata binomial = Tridacna costata Tridacna costata sp. nov. is a… … Wikipedia
Tridacna — noun type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams • Syn: ↑genus Tridacna • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Tridacnidae, ↑family Tridacnidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Tridacna gigas — noun a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds • Syn: ↑giant clam • Hypernyms: ↑clam • Member Holonyms: ↑Tridacna, ↑genus Tridacna … Useful english dictionary
tridacna — noun Any member of the genus Tridacna of large saltwater clams with heavy fluted shells … Wiktionary
TRIDACNA — ostreorum genus, apud Plin, l. 32. c. 6. Inter nos nepotis cuiusdam nomenclator tridacna appellavit: tantae amplitudinis intelligi cupiens, ut ter mordenda essent: δάκνω enim mordeo est, δήγματα recentiores Graeci dixerunt panis quadras vel… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Tridacna — Tri*dac na, n. [L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. ? eaten at three bites, ? tri + ? to bite.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species ({Tridacna gigas}) often … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tridacna gigas — Tridacna Tri*dac na, n. [L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. ? eaten at three bites, ? tri + ? to bite.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species ({Tridacna… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
