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COELENTERATE FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coelenterate family mean?
• COELENTERATE FAMILY (noun)
The noun COELENTERATE FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. a family of coelenterates
Familiarity information: COELENTERATE FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of coelenterates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("coelenterate family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coelenterate family"):
family Pennatulidae; Pennatulidae (sea pens)
Holonyms ("coelenterate family" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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