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PERIDINIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peridinian mean?
• PERIDINIAN (noun)
The noun PERIDINIAN has 1 sense:
1. flagellate with a thick test composed of plates
Familiarity information: PERIDINIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flagellate with a thick test composed of plates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("peridinian" is a kind of...):
dinoflagellate (chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton)
Holonyms ("peridinian" is a member of...):
family Peridiniidae; Peridiniidae (marine and freshwater dinoflagellates)
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