GENUS NOCTILUCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Noctiluca mean? 

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

1. a genus of protoctist

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS NOCTILUCA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of protoctist

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Nouns denoting animals

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

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Noctiluca"):

noctiluca; Noctiluca miliaris (large bioluminescent marine protozoan)

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

Cilioflagellata; Dinoflagellata; order Cilioflagellata; order Dinoflagellata (in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta)