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GIGARTINACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of protoctist

Synonyms:

family Gigartinaceae; Gigartinaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "Gigartinaceae"):

Chondrus; genus Chondrus (a genus of protoctist)

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

class Rhodophyceae; Rhodophyceae (coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae)

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