EUPLECTELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euplectella mean? 

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

1. a genus of Hyalospongiae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUPLECTELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Hyalospongiae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Euplectella; genus Euplectella

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

sponge genus (a genus of Porifera)

Meronyms (members of "Euplectella"):

Venus's flower basket (a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia)

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

class Hyalospongiae; Hyalospongiae (sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers)