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ECHINODERM GENUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does echinoderm genus mean?
• ECHINODERM GENUS (noun)
The noun ECHINODERM GENUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of echinoderms
Familiarity information: ECHINODERM GENUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of echinoderms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("echinoderm genus" is a kind of...):
genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "echinoderm genus"):
Euryale; genus Euryale (basket stars)
Astrophyton; genus Astrophyton (includes many of the basket stars)
genus Gorgonocephalus; Gorgonocephalus (basket stars)
genus Ptilocrinus; Ptilocrinus (sea lilies)
Antedon; genus Antedon (a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae)
genus Holothuria; Holothuria (type genus of the Holothuridae)
Holonyms ("echinoderm genus" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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