GENUS ARCELLA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Arcellidae

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Nouns denoting animals

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

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Arcella"):

arcella (an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella)

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

Arcellidae; family Arcellidae (soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution)

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