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CTENOPHORE GENUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ctenophore genus mean?
• CTENOPHORE GENUS (noun)
The noun CTENOPHORE GENUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of ctenophores
Familiarity information: CTENOPHORE GENUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of ctenophores
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ctenophore genus" is a kind of...):
genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ctenophore genus"):
genus Beroe (coextensive with the class Nuda)
genus Pleurobrachia; Pleurobrachia (sea gooseberries)
Cestum; genus Cestum (Venus's girdle)
Holonyms ("ctenophore genus" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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