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PERIDINIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peridiniidae mean?
• PERIDINIIDAE (noun)
The noun PERIDINIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. marine and freshwater dinoflagellates
Familiarity information: PERIDINIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine and freshwater dinoflagellates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Peridiniidae; Peridiniidae
Hypernyms ("Peridiniidae" is a kind of...):
protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "Peridiniidae"):
genus Peridinium; Peridinium (type genus of the family Peridiniidae)
peridinian (flagellate with a thick test composed of plates)
Holonyms ("Peridiniidae" 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)
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