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CTENOPHORE FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of ctenophores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ctenophore family" is a kind of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ctenophore family"):

family Pleurobrachiidae; Pleurobrachiidae (sea gooseberries)

Cestidae; family Cestidae (coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body)

Holonyms ("ctenophore family" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)

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