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SUBPHYLUM UROCHORDA

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Meaning:

Tunicates

Synonyms:

subphylum Tunicata; subphylum Urochorda; subphylum Urochordata; Tunicata; Urochorda; Urochordata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("subphylum Urochorda" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "subphylum Urochorda"):

tunicate; urochord; urochordate (primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva)

Ascidiaceae; class Ascidiaceae (sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts)

class Thaliacea; Thaliacea (small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order)

class Larvacea; Larvacea (small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order)

Holonyms ("subphylum Urochorda" is a member of...):

Chordata; phylum Chordata (comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord)

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