venerid

English

Callista brevisiphonata, a venerid.

Etymology

From translingual Veneridae, from translingual Venus.

Noun

venerid (plural venerids)

1. A short-necked clam of the family Veneridae.

Synonyms

• Venus clam

Translations

clam of the family Veneridae

• Catalan: venèrid m
• Finnish: hietasimpukka (fi)
• French: praire (fr) m
• German: Venusmuschel (de) f
• Japanese: 浅蜊 (ja) ((あさり, asari))
• Korean: 백합 (ko) (baekhap)
• Swedish: sandmussla c
• Tagalog: kalamismis, kamotpusa

See also

• Veneridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• verdine