GENUS PLEUROBRACHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pleurobrachia mean? 

• GENUS PLEUROBRACHIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PLEUROBRACHIA has 1 sense:

1. sea gooseberries

  Familiarity information: GENUS PLEUROBRACHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PLEUROBRACHIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sea gooseberries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pleurobrachia; Pleurobrachia

Hypernyms ("genus Pleurobrachia" is a kind of...):

ctenophore genus (a genus of ctenophores)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pleurobrachia"):

sea gooseberry (ctenophore having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia)

Holonyms ("genus Pleurobrachia" is a member of...):

Ctenophora; phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata)