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PENNATULIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sea pens

Synonyms:

family Pennatulidae; Pennatulidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

coelenterate family (a family of coelenterates)

Meronyms (members of "Pennatulidae"):

genus Pennatula; Pennatula (type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens)

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

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

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