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COELENTERATE GENUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coelenterate genus mean?
• COELENTERATE GENUS (noun)
The noun COELENTERATE GENUS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: COELENTERATE GENUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of coelenterates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("coelenterate genus" is a kind of...):
genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coelenterate genus"):
Chrysaora; genus Chrysaora (a genus of Scyphozoa)
genus Hydra (hydras)
genus Nanomia (a genus of Siphonophora)
genus Physalia; Physalia (Portuguese man-of-war)
genus Sertularia; Sertularia (sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies)
Actinia; genus Actinia (a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools)
genus Pennatula; Pennatula (type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens)
genus Maeandra; Maeandra (brain corals)
Acropora; genus Acropora (coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals)
Fungia; genus Fungia (a genus comprising the usual mushroom corals)
Holonyms ("coelenterate genus" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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