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GENUS STENTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Stentor mean?
• GENUS STENTOR (noun)
The noun GENUS STENTOR has 1 sense:
1. trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel
Familiarity information: GENUS STENTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Stentor" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Stentor"):
stentor (any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor)
Holonyms ("genus Stentor" is a member of...):
Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)
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