PHYLUM NEMERTINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phylum Nemertina mean? 

• PHYLUM NEMERTINA (noun)
  The noun PHYLUM NEMERTINA has 1 sense:

1. proboscis worms

  Familiarity information: PHYLUM NEMERTINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLUM NEMERTINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Proboscis worms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Nemertea; Nemertina; phylum Nemertea; phylum Nemertina

Hypernyms ("phylum Nemertina" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "phylum Nemertina"):

nemertean; nemertine; proboscis worm; ribbon worm (soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract)

Holonyms ("phylum Nemertina" is a member of...):

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