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GENUS EUPLECTELLA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
Euplectella; genus Euplectella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Euplectella" is a kind of...):
sponge genus (a genus of Porifera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Euplectella"):
Venus's flower basket (a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia)
Holonyms ("genus Euplectella" is a member of...):
class Hyalospongiae; Hyalospongiae (sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers)