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PENNATULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pennatulidae mean? 

PENNATULIDAE (noun)
  The noun PENNATULIDAE has 1 sense:

1. sea pensplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PENNATULIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sea pens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pennatulidae; Pennatulidae

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

coelenterate family (a family of coelenterates)

Meronyms (members of "Pennatulidae"):

genus Pennatula; Pennatula (type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens)

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

Alcyonaria; order Alcyonaria (corals and sea anemones having eight branches)


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