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PENNATULA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens

Synonyms:

genus Pennatula; Pennatula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)

Meronyms (members of "Pennatula"):

sea pen (fleshy featherlike warm-water colonies)

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

family Pennatulidae; Pennatulidae (sea pens)

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