WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water vascular system mean? 

• WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration

  Familiarity information: WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM (noun)

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Meaning:

System of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("water vascular system" is a kind of...):

vascular system (the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant)

Holonyms ("water vascular system" is a part of...):

echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)