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GENUS SAGITTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sagitta mean?
• GENUS SAGITTA (noun)
The noun GENUS SAGITTA has 1 sense:
1. chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms
Familiarity information: GENUS SAGITTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Sagitta" is a kind of...):
worm genus (a genus of worms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sagitta"):
sagitta (any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta)
Holonyms ("genus Sagitta" is a member of...):
Chaetognatha; phylum Chaetognatha (arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms)
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