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FUCALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Fucaceae

Synonyms:

Fucales; order Fucales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Fucales"):

family Fucaceae; Fucaceae (small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds)

fucoid (a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales)

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

class Phaeophyceae; Phaeophyceae (brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae)

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