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GENUS CONFERVA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of Tribonemaceae

Synonyms:

genus Conferva; genus Tribonema; Tribonema

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Conferva" is a kind of...):

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Conferva"):

conferva (any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water)

Holonyms ("genus Conferva" is a member of...):

family Tribonemaceae; Tribonemaceae (simple filamentous freshwater yellow-green algae)

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