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GENUS FUCUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae

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Nouns denoting animals

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

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Fucus"):

fucus (any member of the genus Fucus)

Fucus serratus; serrated wrack; tang (brown algae seaweed with serrated edges)

black rockweed; bladder fucus; bladderwrack; Fucus vesiculosus; tang (a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure)

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

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

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