||Ven`e*ra"ce*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See
Venus.] (Zoöl.) 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.
||Ven`e*ra"ce*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See
Venus.] (Zoöl.) 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.