FUCALES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Fucaceae

Synonyms:

Fucales; order Fucales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Fucales"):

family Fucaceae; Fucaceae (small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds)

fucoid (a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales)

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

class Phaeophyceae; Phaeophyceae (brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae)