GENUS SPADELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Spadella mean? 

• GENUS SPADELLA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SPADELLA has 1 sense:

1. marine worms resembling the sagittas but with a broader body and only one pair of lateral fins

  Familiarity information: GENUS SPADELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SPADELLA (noun)

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Meaning:

Marine worms resembling the sagittas but with a broader body and only one pair of lateral fins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Spadella" is a kind of...):

worm genus (a genus of worms)

Holonyms ("genus Spadella" is a member of...):

Chaetognatha; phylum Chaetognatha (arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms)