COELENTERATE GENUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coelenterate genus mean? 

• COELENTERATE GENUS (noun)
  The noun COELENTERATE GENUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of coelenterates

  Familiarity information: COELENTERATE GENUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COELENTERATE GENUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of coelenterates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("coelenterate genus" is a kind of...):

genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coelenterate genus"):

Chrysaora; genus Chrysaora (a genus of Scyphozoa)

genus Hydra (hydras)

genus Nanomia (a genus of Siphonophora)

genus Physalia; Physalia (Portuguese man-of-war)

genus Sertularia; Sertularia (sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies)

Actinia; genus Actinia (a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools)

genus Pennatula; Pennatula (type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens)

genus Maeandra; Maeandra (brain corals)

Acropora; genus Acropora (coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals)

Fungia; genus Fungia (a genus comprising the usual mushroom corals)

Holonyms ("coelenterate genus" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)