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ROTIFERA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A phylum including: rotifers

Synonyms:

phylum Rotifera; Rotifera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Rotifera"):

rotifer (minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton)

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

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

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