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PHYLUM BRACHIOPODA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks

Synonyms:

Brachiopoda; phylum Brachiopoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("phylum Brachiopoda" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "phylum Brachiopoda"):

brachiopod; lamp shell; lampshell (marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide)

Holonyms ("phylum Brachiopoda" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)

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