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    GENUS EUPLECTELLA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Hyalospongiaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Euplectella; genus Euplectella

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    sponge genus (a genus of Porifera)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Euplectella"):

    Venus's flower basket (a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia)

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

    class Hyalospongiae; Hyalospongiae (sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers)

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