Mercenaria

See also: mercenaria and mercenária

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin mercenarius (“hired for pay”).

Proper noun

Mercenaria f

1. 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; Venerida – 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mercenaria at World Register of Marine Species