PYCNOGONID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pycnogonid mean? 

• PYCNOGONID (noun)
  The noun PYCNOGONID has 1 sense:

1. any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs

  Familiarity information: PYCNOGONID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYCNOGONID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pycnogonid; sea spider

Hypernyms ("pycnogonid" is a kind of...):

arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)

Holonyms ("pycnogonid" is a member of...):

order Pycnogonida; Pycnogonida (sea spiders)