CLASS POLYPLACOPHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Polyplacophora mean? 

• CLASS POLYPLACOPHORA (noun)
  The noun CLASS POLYPLACOPHORA has 1 sense:

1. small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura

  Familiarity information: CLASS POLYPLACOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASS POLYPLACOPHORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Polyplacophora; Polyplacophora

Hypernyms ("class Polyplacophora" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Polyplacophora"):

genus Chiton (a genus of Polyplacophora)

Holonyms ("class Polyplacophora" is a member of...):

Mollusca; phylum Mollusca (gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons)