• (n. pl.) 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.
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Ven`e·ra'ce·a noun plural [ New Latin See
Venus .]
(Zoology) 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 .
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