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; Venerida - order; Veneroidea - superfamily; Veneridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mercenaria mercenaria (hard clam); for other species see Lua error: The template Template:R:WoRMS does not use the parameter(s):
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References
Mercenaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
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