ZYGNEMALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zygnemales mean? 

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

1. pond scums; desmids

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZYGNEMALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pond scums; desmids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Zygnemales; order Zygnematales; Zygnemales; Zygnematales

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Zygnemales"):

family Zygnemataceae; Zygnemataceae (pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses)

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

Chlorophyceae; class Chlorophyceae (algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments)