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CLASS ASCIDIACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts

Synonyms:

Ascidiaceae; class Ascidiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("class Ascidiaceae" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "class Ascidiaceae"):

ascidian (minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves)

ascidian tadpole (free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord)

Holonyms ("class Ascidiaceae" is a member of...):

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

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