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TESTACEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
order Testacea; Testacea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Testacea" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Testacea"):
testacean (any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell)
Arcellidae; family Arcellidae (soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution)
genus Difflugia (genus of protozoans related to ameba)
Holonyms ("Testacea" is a member of...):
Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda (creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers)