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THALIACEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order

Synonyms:

class Thaliacea; Thaliacea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Thaliacea"):

family Salpidae; Salpidae (a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea)

Doliolidae; family Doliolidae (oceanic tunicates)

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

subphylum Tunicata; subphylum Urochorda; subphylum Urochordata; Tunicata; Urochorda; Urochordata (tunicates)

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