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GORGONACEA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Red corals and sea fans

Synonyms:

Gorgonacea; Gorgoniacea; suborder Gorgonacea; suborder Gorgoniacea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Gorgonacea"):

gorgonian; gorgonian coral (corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton)

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

Alcyonaria; order Alcyonaria (corals and sea anemones having eight branches)

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