ORDER FUCALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Fucales mean? 

• ORDER FUCALES (noun)
  The noun ORDER FUCALES has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the family Fucaceae

  Familiarity information: ORDER FUCALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER FUCALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Fucaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Fucales; order Fucales

Hypernyms ("order Fucales" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Fucales"):

family Fucaceae; Fucaceae (small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds)

fucoid (a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales)

Holonyms ("order Fucales" is a member of...):

class Phaeophyceae; Phaeophyceae (brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae)