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SALPIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Salpidae mean?
• SALPIDAE (noun)
The noun SALPIDAE has 1 sense:
1. a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea
Familiarity information: SALPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Salpidae; Salpidae
Hypernyms ("Salpidae" is a kind of...):
chordate family (any family in the phylum Chordata)
Meronyms (members of "Salpidae"):
genus Salpa (type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae)
Holonyms ("Salpidae" is a member of...):
class Thaliacea; Thaliacea (small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order)
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