Translingual

Ostrea edulis

Proper noun

Ostreoidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Ostreoida – the true oysters and related bivalves.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): Animalia - kingdom; Mollusca - phylum; Bivalvia - class; Pteriomorphia - subclass; Ostreoida - order; Ostreina - suborder

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Gryphaeidae (foam oysters, chiefly extinct), Ostreidae (true oysters) (families)