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Veneracea

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Venˊe-ra′ce-a

,

p

rop.

Noun.

pl.

[NL. See

.]

(Zool.)

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

.