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PHORONIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phoronida mean? 

PHORONIDA (noun)
  The noun PHORONIDA has 1 sense:

1. small phylum of wormlike marine animalsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PHORONIDA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small phylum of wormlike marine animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Phoronida; Phoronidea; phylum Phoronida

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

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Phoronida"):

phoronid (hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom)

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

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)


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