CLASS LARVACEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Larvacea mean? 

• CLASS LARVACEA (noun)
  The noun CLASS LARVACEA has 1 sense:

1. small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order

  Familiarity information: CLASS LARVACEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASS LARVACEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Larvacea; Larvacea

Hypernyms ("class Larvacea" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Larvacea"):

larvacean (any member of the class Larvacea)

genus Appendicularia (a genus of chordates in the class Larvacea)

Holonyms ("class Larvacea" is a member of...):

subphylum Tunicata; subphylum Urochorda; subphylum Urochordata; Tunicata; Urochorda; Urochordata (tunicates)