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CTENOPHORE GENUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of ctenophores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ctenophore genus" is a kind of...):

genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ctenophore genus"):

genus Beroe (coextensive with the class Nuda)

genus Pleurobrachia; Pleurobrachia (sea gooseberries)

Cestum; genus Cestum (Venus's girdle)

Holonyms ("ctenophore genus" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)

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