Library / English Dictionary

ECHINODERM FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of echinoderms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Antedonidae; family Antedonidae (feather stars)

family Holothuridae; Holothuridae (a family of Holothuroidea)

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

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

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