Unio
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Translingual
Etymology
From Latin ūniō (“large pearl”).[1]
Proper noun
Unio m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Unionidae – medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs – river mussels.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class, Autobranchia – subclass, Heteroconchia – infraclass, Palaeoheterodonta – subterclass; Unionida – order, Unionoidea – superfamily; Unionidae – family; Unioninae – subfamily; Unionini – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Unio pictorum – type species
Derived terms
References
Unio (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Unio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Unio on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Unio at World Register of Marine Species
- ^ “unio”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.