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GENUS PENNATULA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pennatula mean?
• GENUS PENNATULA (noun)
The noun GENUS PENNATULA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens
Familiarity information: GENUS PENNATULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pennatula; Pennatula
Hypernyms ("genus Pennatula" is a kind of...):
coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pennatula"):
sea pen (fleshy featherlike warm-water colonies)
Holonyms ("genus Pennatula" is a member of...):
family Pennatulidae; Pennatulidae (sea pens)
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