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GENUS ARCELLA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Arcella" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Arcella"):
arcella (an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella)
Holonyms ("genus Arcella" is a member of...):
Arcellidae; family Arcellidae (soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution)