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PENNATULIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pennatulidae mean?
• PENNATULIDAE (noun)
The noun PENNATULIDAE has 1 sense:
1. sea pens
Familiarity information: PENNATULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sea pens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pennatulidae; Pennatulidae
Hypernyms ("Pennatulidae" is a kind of...):
coelenterate family (a family of coelenterates)
Meronyms (members of "Pennatulidae"):
genus Pennatula; Pennatula (type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens)
Holonyms ("Pennatulidae" is a member of...):
Alcyonaria; order Alcyonaria (corals and sea anemones having eight branches)
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