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PHYLUM PYRROPHYTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phylum Pyrrophyta mean?
• PHYLUM PYRROPHYTA (noun)
The noun PHYLUM PYRROPHYTA has 1 sense:
1. a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds
Familiarity information: PHYLUM PYRROPHYTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
phylum Pyrrophyta; Pyrrophyta
Hypernyms ("phylum Pyrrophyta" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Holonyms ("phylum Pyrrophyta" is a member of...):
kingdom Monera; kingdom Prokaryotae; Monera; Prokayotae (prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions)
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