Mercenaria

See also: mercenaria and mercenária

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin mercenarius (“hired for pay”)

Proper noun

Mercenaria f

A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – the quahog and similar edible clams with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Mollusca - phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Veneroida - order; Veneroidea - superfamily; Veneridae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Mercenaria mercenaria (hard clam); for other species see Mercenaria at World Register of Marine Species

References

Mercenaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mercenaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Mercenaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Mercenaria at AnimalBase
Mercenaria at Encyclopedia of Life
Mercenaria on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Mercenaria at World Register of Marine Species

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