THALIACEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thaliacea mean? 

• THALIACEA (noun)
  The noun THALIACEA has 1 sense:

1. small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order

  Familiarity information: THALIACEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THALIACEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Thaliacea; Thaliacea

Hypernyms ("Thaliacea" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Thaliacea"):

family Salpidae; Salpidae (a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea)

Doliolidae; family Doliolidae (oceanic tunicates)

Holonyms ("Thaliacea" is a member of...):

subphylum Tunicata; subphylum Urochorda; subphylum Urochordata; Tunicata; Urochorda; Urochordata (tunicates)