SALPIDAE

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Meaning:

A small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea

Synonyms:

family Salpidae; Salpidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

chordate family (any family in the phylum Chordata)

Meronyms (members of "Salpidae"):

genus Salpa (type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae)

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

class Thaliacea; Thaliacea (small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order)