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   Meretrix is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. They appeared in the fossil record in the Cenomanian age. Species. Species in the genus Meretrix include: Meretrix lamarckii; Meretrix lusoria; Meretrix lyrata † Class: Bivalvia.

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   Jan 04,  · A meretrix (plural: meretrices) was registered female prostitute; a higher class—the more pejorative scortum could be used for prostitutes of either gender. Unregistered or casual prostitutes fell under the broad category prostibulae, lower class. Although both women and men might engage male or female prostitutes, evidence for female prostitution is the more .

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   Meretrix definition is - prostitute. How to use meretrix in a sentence.

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   Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

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   Meretrix: Taxonomy navigation › Veneridae. All lower taxonomy nodes (19) Common name i-Synonym i-Rank i: GENUS: Lineage i › cellular organisms › Eukaryota › Opisthokonta ›.

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   Old English; earliest use found in Old English Martyrology. From classical Latin meretrīx from merēre to earn as pay, to earn money by prostitution + -trīx.

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   distributed in M. meretrix tissues of the high contents of % and % from dry and wet M. meretrix, respectively (Gong et al., ). Vitamin C and Vitamin E were also isolated from wet M. meretrix at the concentrations of μg/mg, μg/mg, respectively.

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   Meretrix meretrix, commonly called Asiatic Hard Clam, is a large bivalve seen along both the West and East Coast of India.

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