ASCIDIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ascidiaceae mean? 

• ASCIDIACEAE (noun)
  The noun ASCIDIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts

  Familiarity information: ASCIDIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCIDIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ascidiaceae; class Ascidiaceae

Hypernyms ("Ascidiaceae" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Ascidiaceae"):

ascidian (minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves)

ascidian tadpole (free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord)

Holonyms ("Ascidiaceae" is a member of...):

subphylum Tunicata; subphylum Urochorda; subphylum Urochordata; Tunicata; Urochorda; Urochordata (tunicates)