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POLYANGIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polyangiaceae mean?
• POLYANGIACEAE (noun)
The noun POLYANGIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung
Familiarity information: POLYANGIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Myxobacteriaceae; family Polyangiaceae; Myxobacteriaceae; Polyangiaceae
Hypernyms ("Polyangiaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "Polyangiaceae"):
genus Polyangium; Polyangium (type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane)
Holonyms ("Polyangiaceae" is a member of...):
Myxobacterales; Myxobacteriales; order Myxobacterales; order Myxobacteria; order Myxobacteriales (an order of higher bacteria)
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