Library / English Dictionary

ULVALES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An order of protoctist

Synonyms:

order Ulvales; Ulvales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ulvales" is a kind of...):

protoctist order (the order of protoctists)

Meronyms (members of "Ulvales"):

family Ulvaceae; sea-lettuce family; Ulvaceae (thin flat or tubular green algae)

Holonyms ("Ulvales" is a member of...):

Chlorophyceae; class Chlorophyceae (algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments)

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