PHYLUM CRYPTOPHYTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phylum Cryptophyta mean? 

• PHYLUM CRYPTOPHYTA (noun)
  The noun PHYLUM CRYPTOPHYTA has 1 sense:

1. a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista

  Familiarity information: PHYLUM CRYPTOPHYTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLUM CRYPTOPHYTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A phylum in the kingdom Protoctista

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cryptophyta; phylum Cryptophyta

Hypernyms ("phylum Cryptophyta" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "phylum Cryptophyta"):

class Cryptophyceae; Cryptophyceae (motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae)

Holonyms ("phylum Cryptophyta" is a member of...):

kingdom Protoctista; Protoctista (in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals)