Tridacna
See also: tridacna
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρίδακνον (trídaknon, “large oyster”), traditionally derived by Pliny from Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”) + δάκνω (dáknō, “bite”). However, Beekes believes that this is a folk etymology, and this would rather be a loanword from an "Oriental" source.[1]
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Mollusca - phylum; Bivalvia - class; Heterodonta - subclass; Veneroida - order; Cardiidae - family; Tridacninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Tridacna gigas - type species; for other species see Tridacna at World Register of Marine Species .
References
- Tridacna at World Register of Marine Species
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τρίδακνον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1509
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