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GENUS SERTULARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sertularia mean?
• GENUS SERTULARIA (noun)
The noun GENUS SERTULARIA has 1 sense:
1. sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies
Familiarity information: GENUS SERTULARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sertularia; Sertularia
Hypernyms ("genus Sertularia" is a kind of...):
coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sertularia"):
sertularian (feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps)
Holonyms ("genus Sertularia" is a member of...):
class Hydrozoa; Hydrozoa (coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes)
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