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ALCYONACEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alcyonacea mean?
• ALCYONACEA (noun)
The noun ALCYONACEA has 1 sense:
1. comprising the soft corals
Familiarity information: ALCYONACEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comprising the soft corals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alcyonacea; suborder Alcyonacea
Hypernyms ("Alcyonacea" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Holonyms ("Alcyonacea" is a member of...):
Alcyonaria; order Alcyonaria (corals and sea anemones having eight branches)
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