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CTENOPHORE FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ctenophore family mean?
• CTENOPHORE FAMILY (noun)
The noun CTENOPHORE FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. a family of ctenophores
Familiarity information: CTENOPHORE FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of ctenophores
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ctenophore family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ctenophore family"):
family Pleurobrachiidae; Pleurobrachiidae (sea gooseberries)
Cestidae; family Cestidae (coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body)
Holonyms ("ctenophore family" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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