| English Dictionary |
PHYLUM PHORONIDA
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does phylum Phoronida mean?
• PHYLUM PHORONIDA (noun)
The noun PHYLUM PHORONIDA has 1 sense:
1. small phylum of wormlike marine animals
Familiarity information: PHYLUM PHORONIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small phylum of wormlike marine animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Phoronida; Phoronidea; phylum Phoronida
Hypernyms ("phylum Phoronida" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "phylum Phoronida"):
phoronid (hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom)
Holonyms ("phylum Phoronida" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"A good year is determined by its spring." (Afghanistan proverb)
"Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market." (Arabic proverb)
"You're correct, but the goat is mine." (Corsican proverb)