EUGLENOPHYTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euglenophyta mean? 

• EUGLENOPHYTA (noun)
  The noun EUGLENOPHYTA has 1 sense:

1. free-swimming flagellate algae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUGLENOPHYTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free-swimming flagellate algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

division Euglenophyta; Euglenophyta

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

division ((biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category)

Meronyms (members of "Euglenophyta"):

class Euglenophyceae; Euglenophyceae (coextensive with the division Euglenophyta)

euglenid; euglenoid; euglenophyte (marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism)

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

kingdom Protoctista; Protoctista (in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals)