Library / English Dictionary

ECHINODERM GENUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of echinoderms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Euryale; genus Euryale (basket stars)

Astrophyton; genus Astrophyton (includes many of the basket stars)

genus Gorgonocephalus; Gorgonocephalus (basket stars)

genus Ptilocrinus; Ptilocrinus (sea lilies)

Antedon; genus Antedon (a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae)

genus Holothuria; Holothuria (type genus of the Holothuridae)

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

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

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