Definition of Arcidae

1. Noun. Ark shells.

Exact synonyms: Family Arcidae
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Bivalvia, Class Bivalvia, Class Lamellibranchia, Class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia
Member holonyms: Arca, Genus Arca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcidae

Archimedean solid
Archimedean solids
Archimedean spiral
Archimedean spirals
Archimedes
Archimedes' principle
Archimedes screw
Archimedes screws
Archite
Archosargus
Archosargus probatocephalus
Archosargus rhomboidalis
Archosauria
Archæan
Archæozoic
Arcidae (current term)
Arctic
Arctic Archipelago
Arctic Circle
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Sea
Arctic Skuas
Arctic Zone
Arctic char
Arctic chars
Arctic cod
Arctic ground squirrel
Arctic hare
Arctic loon
Arctic loons

Literary usage of Arcidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"Three new species of the pelecypod family Arcidae from the Pliocene of California ... Mesozoic and Cenozoic Arcidae from the Pacific slope of North America. ..."

2. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"... Arcidae, and in Pecten. The afferent branchial vessel runs in the dorsal ... and Arcidae, but when the cavities of successive filaments are put into ..."

3. Contributions to Geology and Plant Physiology by Johns Hopkins University (1917)
"The Arcidae originated and suddenly became a prominent group in the latter part of the Mesozoic and developed into very great importance in the Tertiary. ..."

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