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SUBORDER GORGONIACEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Gorgoniacea mean?
• SUBORDER GORGONIACEA (noun)
The noun SUBORDER GORGONIACEA has 1 sense:
1. red corals and sea fans
Familiarity information: SUBORDER GORGONIACEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Red corals and sea fans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gorgonacea; Gorgoniacea; suborder Gorgonacea; suborder Gorgoniacea
Hypernyms ("suborder Gorgoniacea" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "suborder Gorgoniacea"):
gorgonian; gorgonian coral (corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton)
Holonyms ("suborder Gorgoniacea" is a member of...):
Alcyonaria; order Alcyonaria (corals and sea anemones having eight branches)
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