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GENUS ARCELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arcella mean?
• GENUS ARCELLA (noun)
The noun GENUS ARCELLA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Arcellidae
Familiarity information: GENUS ARCELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Arcellidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Arcella" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Arcella"):
arcella (an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella)
Holonyms ("genus Arcella" is a member of...):
Arcellidae; family Arcellidae (soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution)
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