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PENNATULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pennatula mean? 

PENNATULA (noun)
  The noun PENNATULA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pensplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PENNATULA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pennatula; Pennatula

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

coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)

Meronyms (members of "Pennatula"):

sea pen (fleshy featherlike warm-water colonies)

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

family Pennatulidae; Pennatulidae (sea pens)


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