veneracea
CIDE DICTIONARY
veneracea,
prop. n. pl. [NL. See
Venus.].
An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus
Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See
Venus. [
1913 Webster]
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