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CONGERIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
Synonyms:
aggregate; congeries; conglomeration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("congeries" is a kind of...):
sum; sum total; summation (the final aggregate)
Meronyms (members of "congeries"):
plankton (the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water)
nekton (the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales)
