FAMILY GIGARTINACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Gigartinaceae mean? 

• FAMILY GIGARTINACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY GIGARTINACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of protoctist

  Familiarity information: FAMILY GIGARTINACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY GIGARTINACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of protoctist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Gigartinaceae; Gigartinaceae

Hypernyms ("family Gigartinaceae" is a kind of...):

protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "family Gigartinaceae"):

Chondrus; genus Chondrus (a genus of protoctist)

Holonyms ("family Gigartinaceae" is a member of...):

class Rhodophyceae; Rhodophyceae (coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae)