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SIPUNCULA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sipuncula mean?
• SIPUNCULA (noun)
The noun SIPUNCULA has 1 sense:
1. peanut worms
Familiarity information: SIPUNCULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Peanut worms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
phylum Sipuncula; Sipuncula
Hypernyms ("Sipuncula" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "Sipuncula"):
peanut worm; sipunculid (small unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut)
Holonyms ("Sipuncula" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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