PERIDINIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Flagellate with a thick test composed of plates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

dinoflagellate (chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton)

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

family Peridiniidae; Peridiniidae (marine and freshwater dinoflagellates)

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